Dir: David Leitch (15, 120 mins)
Potty-mouthed supehero Deadpool turned the Marvel franchise upside down, well, a bit, when his first fourth-wall-breaking, sassy and gorily violent cinematic outing was a surprise megahit two years ago. Deadpool had featured previously in the dreadful Wolverine: Origins film but had been muted to a rote villain. Ryan Reynolds refused to let his favourite merc with a mouth die however (he sort-of invincible anyway), and the first film skewed closely to the irreverence of the comics. This second outing looks to be more of the same. Reynolds returns to foul-mouthed quippery, aided and abetted by several new heroes, Domino (Zazie Beetz) and Bedlam (Terry Crews) amongst them, forming X-Force. Deadpool has to defend Julian Dennison’s young boy from Josh Brolin’s big bad Cable for reasons which will become irreverently apparent. If you liked the first film’s mix of violence and smugness you will enjoy this. It’s helmed by ex-stuntman David Leitch, who brought us John Wick and Atomic Blonde, so the action will be top notch and Reynolds’ blend of sarcastic witticism front and centre. Let’s hope it doesn’t tip over into lazy smugness… but then that would be very Deadpool.
Opens May 15