Wade Wilson, a fan favorite comic book character finally has his own feature film which was released on February 12, 2016. The R-rated film has Ryan Reynolds in the role of Deadpool for the second time in his career (the first we would rather forget about.) I rate Deadpool a 9/10 for a super ‘hero’ movie. Reynolds’ seemed very prepared to take on the role of the fourth-wall breaking superhuman, and he performed very well. The style of Deadpool is different then what we have seen in the past, mostly due to its R-rating and Deadpool’s ability to break the fourth wall.

Deadpool is the eighth installment of the X-men series, and the first R-rated Marvel movie since Punisher: War Zone that came out in 2008. The film follows Wade Wilson, a past mercenary-for-hire. The film opens with Deadpool chasing after a man named Francis (Ed Skrein); one of the best scenes in the movie; but is interrupted by Collossus (Stefan Kapicic) and his X-men trainee Negasonic Teenage Warhead (Brianna Hildebrand), which allows Francis to escape. This leads to Deadpool to tell his backstory.

A year earlier Wade met a prostitute named Vanessa (Morena Baccarin) whom wade falls in love with, and they begin a relationship. Wade discovers he has late stage cancer, and he accepts his fate. He is later approached by a man named The Recruiter and is offered a chance to not only cure his cancer but obtain superhuman abilities. Wade takes the offer and leaves Vanessa without explanation. During the process Wade must be tortured in order to obtain his abilities, one of the torture techniques leaves Wade heavily scarred. Wade escaped the facility after obtaining his powers and starts his quest to find Ajax to remove his “ugliness” (the scars).

I think Deadpool was a very funny new take on super hero movies. It is filled with dark humor that comic fans love, but it may be too intense for young children. The violence isn’t that bad for an R-rated movie. The language is strong and very constant throughout the movie. Parents should see if their kids could handle it before taking them to view the movie. I strongly recommend it to people that can handle the nudity, innuendo, and language.