DEADPOOL   3.5***

        Deadpool is Marvel's take on the revenge driven Kill Bill movies. There's graphic violence, close shots of gory injuries and an unrelenting quest for revenge. The tone of the movie is unique to Superhero movies because the main character Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) may have super powers but he is NO hero…in fact this guy is nuts and we love him for it .As an aside, it’s hilarious that the other characters address him NOT as Deadpool but as MR. POOL!!!!!!

 Deadpool is a film that combines both bloody action and comedy. It is a great mix that few films are able to achieve.  As for the story, it is one of those typical superhero stories. By that  I mean, every superhero starts out somewhere, right? Peter Parker got bitten by a spider and became Spiderman, Captain America was in some sort of a American advanced war project and here we have is Wade Wilson who is turned into a man with super powers in the course of curing his “incurable” cancer. BUT there are side effects in the order of a Phantom of the Opera look  .Deadpool seeks revenge of the doctor who left him looking a freak just when he was about to marry the love of his life.

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There is a risky styling move employed in the movie in that  the main character knows that he's in a movie and talks to the camera. (not to mention that basically Ryan Reynolds plays himself  playing Deadpool aka Wade Wilson),The risk pays off in using this style because it allows  details to be communicated about Wade Wilson/Deadpool. And that’s a good thing because let's face it, not many people had ever heard or read anything about him before the film was announced last year. 

 As for his side characters, there has to be someone here that has a strong moral compass because Deadpool is blinded by his compulsion for revenge. The sidekicks are a chrome plated, metal headed robot/human  and a seeming demure girl with quite undefined super powers, and they are quite a treat. They don't appear  much, but when they do, the best action happens. 

And finally there is the awesome  performance by Ryan Reynolds. It's tough to overstate how challenging this role was.. The whole flick is quite good and very quirky, and  it's success relies heavily on a protagonist who's in 95+% of the scenes and spends a large bulk of that time rambling and talking to the audience. And Reynolds kills it.

Rated R for strong violence and language throughout, sexual content and graphic nudity 

Clark