There’s an argument that if Disney buy a company with the intention of
exploiting a franchise then eventually, in an attempt to get their
investment back, the quality drops. It’s happened with Marvel, Lucasfilms
and to a lesser extent Pixar. With the purchase of 20 th Century
Fox in 2019 Disney became the owner of numerous X-Men characters among them
Deadpool & Wolverine and now in 2024 Disney brings the characters into
The Marvel Cinematic Universe with mixed results.
The story is pretty simple in that Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) has to save the
universe its destruction brought about by the death of Wolverine (Hugh
Jackman). As any Marvel fans will know being dead isn’t a problem in
Marvel’s world. If you need to resurrect a character you always have the
multiverse to turn to.
Deadpool (2016) and Deadpool 2 (2018) had the same recurring characters but
were pretty much standalone films that could be enjoyed by a casual viewer.
It all starts of pretty well with most of the first two films characters
returning. However within the first few minutes these same characters, with
the exception of Deadpool himself, are pretty much shunted to the
side-lines so that numerous other characters from the MCU can be randomly
introduced at various points in the proceedings.
Deadpool v Wolverine is good fun but unless you have an encyclopaedic
knowledge of Marvel comics then you’re in for a confusing couple of hours.
Characters are peppered throughout the story at such a pace that it’s hard
to keep up with who’s who.
Jackman and Reynolds are both their usual terrific selves although you
might end up with the same opinion of Deadpool as Wolverine has as Reynolds
patter, including numerous jokes at the expense of Disney, does get a bit
tiresome.
As has been the way with recent Marvel films Deadpool & Wolverine feels
bloated and way over complicated than it needs to be. Deadpool &
Wolverine feels like a film made by fans for fans which unfortunately means
if, like me, you’re a casual viewer then you’re probably going to be left
scratching your head by the films end.
