July 31, 2024 – Massive silliness is combined with a high body count in this story about multiple threats to the multiverse by crazy villains battling even crazier heroes.

This movie is not based on a smart plot, and it makes almost no sense, but it doesn't have to make sense because it is an unserious movie, loaded with jokes about movies and jokes about movie clichés, as well as just plain old jokes and slapstick comedy. There is hardly a serious bone in its body, despite the high body count.

The story picks up Wade Wilson, AKA Deadpool (played by Ryan Reynolds, reprising his role from previous Deadpool films) trying to live a normal life as a used car salesman with his friend, Peter Wisdom (played by Rob Delaney, reprising his role).

Deadpool is abducted by a multiverse time police organization bent on destroying Deadpool's whole timeline, so he sets off with a stolen device to search the multiverse for the one man who can save his timeline, Logan, AKA Wolverine (Hugh Jackman, also reprising his role from previous superhero films).

Logan, however, is a bitter man who is not interested in helping Deadpool. These two end up fighting with each other throughout most of the movie while having a series of adventures at the same time. Their approach to saving the universe is much like Inspector Clouseau's approach to solving crime.

Along the way, the two encounter other superheroes, some well-known, others not well known, including a whole horde of other versions of Deadpool (and a Dogpool) from the multiverse. Among the other superheroes are Electra (played by Jennifer Garner, reprising her role from 2003s “Daredevil”) and Blade (played by Wesley Snipes, reprising his role from the Blade movies of the late 1990s to early 2000s).

Others they encounter are Johnny Storm (a Marvel Fantastic Four character, played by Chris Evans this time, instead of his usual Marvel character, Captain America) Gambit (played by Channing Tatum of “Fly Me to the Moon”) Pyro (Aaron Stanford, reprising his role from “X2: X-Men United”) Cassandra Nova (Emma Corrin of “The Crown” TV series) who is the evil twin sister of Charles Xavier, and Negasonic Teenage Warhead (Brianna Hildebrand, reprising her role from previous Deadpool movies) the woman with Deadpool's favorite superhero name.

This movie also features an extensive music track list of pop music songs and show tunes, often used for comic effect, like “The Greatest Show” from Hugh Jackman's 2017 movie, “The Greatest Showman” and “You're the One That I Want” from “Grease” (1978). Some older songs by Patsy Cline, Jimmy Durante, Waylon Jennings, and the Platters are also on the movie's very diverse soundtrack.

It is good to see that movie studios can take a joke (as long as they make money doing it) as 20th Century Fox (previously holding the X-Men and Deadpool franchises) is the butt of many jokes in this movie. There are numerous references to Disney's takeover of Fox.

At the end of the movie there is a string of outtakes from previous X-Men movies, Deadpool, and other Marvel-related movies. There is a post-credits scene which gives a funny alternate version of an earlier scene in the movie.

This is a funny lighthearted romp of a movie, but just as the bickering between the characters Luke Hobbs and Deckard Shaw in 2019s “Hobbs & Shaw” wore thin, the constant arguing, bickering and fighting here between Deadpool and Wolverine gets old after a while. This film rates a B.

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