Deadpool and Wolverine: Chaotic Buddy Work

From a John Wick-style fight with "Bye Bye Bye" in the background to the tricky yet humorous inclusion of past Marvel characters, Deadpool and Wolverine did have its great moments in showing the characters played by Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman embracing their inner heroes, even with more than their fair share of bloodshed on the battlefield and rocky budding friendship along the way.

After his last time-travel adventure, Wade Wilson/Deadpool, played by Reynolds, finds himself in trouble with the Time Variance Authority from Loki. He switches from time-traveling to multiverse traveling to stop a corrupt TVA agent, Paradox, played by Matthew McFayden, and protect his loved ones. Along the way, a variant of Logan/Wolverine, played by Jackman, ends up reluctantly teaming with Deadpool while he's dealing with some baggage of his own. And I don't just mean Logan hiding his insecurities behind beer or cigars.

I didn't think too highly of the movie at first because I'm not a fan of Deadpool using more "anti" in antihero, specifically how he chose to kill Francis over becoming a disciplined X-Man in his first solo movie, and how he treats nobility like a joke too much in general. But when I learned to open my mind about him a little, I saw some good stuff in him from his choice of pop or electronic music in battle or allowing himself to be a hero, not just a dishonorable fighter. One amusing moment was watching him and Logan duke it out in a minivan with "You're the One That I Want" from Grease in the background.

I also didn't expect to like bringing back Hugh Jackman as Wolverine after his character died a hero's death in Logan. But I did like it after seeing this variant had a good heart and learned from his predecessor's mistakes. The only thing just as cool as that was seeing him finally wear the yellow and blue spandex suit from the comics, mask occasionally included. Deadpool and Wolverine are like the main characters from Cobra Kai, different but same.

Beyond the quarrelsome relationship with the lead characters and ironic pop music during the gory moments, other things to enjoy were sets that gave vibes of past films like Ant-Man and the Wasp, great scoring by Rob Simonsen, and, though I won't say who, inclusion of past Marvel film characters. Overall, Deadpool and Wolverine had a chaotic buddy friendship and they made it work.

7.3/10.