'Deadpool & Wolverine'... LFG!!!

WARNING: I try to avoid spoilers as much as I can when reviewing a new movie. However, I do have to mention at least a summary of what the movie is about and that might contain minor spoilers. If you don't want to know absolutely anything going into the movie, then get away from this review and go watch the movie first. If you don't care, then read on and I hope you enjoy the review!

I’m just going to put it out there. I feel like I just got hit by a freight train in the best possible way! The third film in the “Deadpool” series and the character’s first appearance in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is a bonafide success.

It’s filled not just with easter eggs and cameos from other aspects of the MCU. It’s also filled with so many tributes to the Marvel movies that have come out over the last 25 years that I’ll have to watch it again just to see what I may have missed!

Wade Wilson and Logan finally join forces in 'Deadpool & Wolverine'!

In the new movie, Wade Wilson has retired from his life as a mercenary and works at a boring 9-5 job. One day, while celebrating his birthday with his friends, the TVA arrives and abducts him. The organization explains that Wade’s timeline is dying due to the death of his universe’s “anchor being”.

That anchor happened to be Logan who sacrificed himself to save a group of kid mutants in the 2017 film, “Logan”. Now, Wade returns as Deadpool and he is on a quest to find another Logan variant that can be his universe’s new anchor. However, the Logan that Deadpool finds is a former shell of himself that let his own universe down and is considered the “worst” variant of the character.

From there, Deadpool and Wolverine must try to work together to save a dying timeline… if only they would stop trying to kill each other in the process.

Okay, so like I’ve said already, there are so many easter eggs and cameos that I don’t know which ones I may have missed with this initial viewing. It is fan service of the highest caliber and I must admit that you have to have a pretty hefty knowledge of Marvel superhero films in order to get all the references.

Deadpool needs Logan's help if he is to save his own universe.

Thankfully, though, the movie doesn’t feel too overstuffed. The movie knows to stay focused on its two leads and their story is what successfully guides us through the rest of the movie.

Fans have been waiting for years to see Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman work together on a “Deadpool” and/or “X-Men” movie. When Reynolds announced that Jackman would be reprising his role in the movie over a year ago, it sent shockwaves through the nerd community. We were finally going to get the two together in a movie.

Thankfully, it paid off as both Reynolds and Jackman’s chemistry cannot be denied. Deadpool is the funny man to Wolverine’s very serious demeanor. However, that doesn’t mean that Deadpool doesn’t have any meaningful scenes and they thankfully don’t short change Wolverine’s own story as well as Jackman brings the full weight of his acting talents back to a character that he has been playing for almost 25 years.

The action is non-stop as the movie plunges its way towards a thrilling conclusion. Seriously, the moment the action starts, it doesn’t let up except for a few moments where it will calm down to reveal more about the story or make some fresh new reveals that are fun as hell!

I don’t want to say too much more here for the sake of spoilers. You’ll come for Reynolds, Jackman, cameos, easter eggs, and tributes, but you’ll stay for the violent, darkly funny, extremely meta, and ultimately heartfelt story that lies at the center. In the words of both our title characters, “Let’s fucking go!”