Deadpool & Wolverine

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Edit Coming 08/24/26

Before we get into it, I will warn that while I will try to keep this completely spoiler-free, there may very well still be aspects to the plot that one might not want given to them. I would recommend that the reader sees the movie first, and then reads my review. Marvel and Disney have been doing a fantastic job of keeping things under their hat as far as things go, and in this review things will probably be revealed such as why we see a '20th Century Fox' logo that seems to have fallen into a desert. But I promise NO cameo spoilers, as that's kind of the big one.

This all kicks off with Wade Wilson (Ryan Reynolds) back in 2018, using the time travelling device he got from Cable in the last film. Not only is he able to use it to travel back and forth in time, but he can also use it to jump timelines altogether, and thus, dimensions. This is illustrated as he leaves Earth-10005 (the Fox universe) to Earth-616 (the MCU), meeting Happy Hogan (Jon Favreau) and interviewing to become an Avenger, ultimately being rejected, but ultimately showing us exactly where this crosses over into MCU territory.

Several years later, Wade has decided to hang up the costume. He has since broken up with his Vanessa (Morena Baccarin), although still on friendly terms, and gotten a job as a used car salesman with Peter (Rob Delaney). His now normal, if a bit depressing life, however, is quickly interrupted by the TVA (Time Variance Authority), made famous through the series 'Loki'. They kidnap him, and drag him to their base of operations where he meets Mr. Paradox (Matthew Macfadyen), who offers him a chance to become part of Earth-616.

Although at first, Deadpool is ready to be a part of something much bigger, Paradox informs him that his wolrd is deteriorating due to the loss of what is referred to as its anchor being; the character that keeps it all together. In Earth-10005's case, that being is Logan (Hugh Jackman). Now, in order to try to save his world, Deadpool has to find a new Wolverine to bring to his world to re-establish an anchor being, and hopefully bring things back to normal. Unfortunately, however, Wade ends up with the "worst" Wolvie in the multiverse.

This is where I'm gonna stop with explanation of the plot, because it takes us a while to get to where the fans watching will start going crazy, and that's pretty much the gist of the plot anyway. The only real thing to add is that we are eventually introduced to the film's villain, Cassandra Nova (Emma Corrin), who, when it comes right down to it, she's a pretty typical power-hungry villain, and I still feel like I'd be giving far too much away if I got into her motivations. She wants to take control of everything in the multiverse, let's put it that way.

Understandably, my readers might be a little miffed at how much I actually have been holding back, but as I said from the get-go, despite my heads-up about it, I do want this to be spoiler-free, so I don't really want to give anyone more than the trailers already have. One thing I can say about it, however, is that if you've ever been a comic book/superhero movie fan of any calibre, I can highly recommend it. Not only are the cameos awesome and even somewhat unexpected, but there's some nostalgia to this in Easter egg form that reaches back to the 90s.

This movie was a hell of a lot of fun, and it works very well as both a fond farewell to the Fox universe (yet again), and acts as a solid MCU bridge movie between 'The Marvels' and 'Cap: BNW'. This is the breather that MCU fans have needed for a while now. It steps outside of the typical, and like both 'DP' films before this, the filmmakers just kept an ear up to the fans, and there feels like a lot of "FINALLY!" to this movie, not the least of which involves Wolvie's yellow and blue, comic-accurate outfit. So if you've ever wanted to see a Marvel fan's dream come true with cameos and crossovers aplenty, definitely check it out!

POST-CREDIT SCENE: Deadpool gives his audience video footage of what exactly Johnny Storm said about Cassandra Nova to prove he didn't make any of it up.

5/5

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