Jack and I, with no objection to slapstick plus gore, enjoyed this bloody, profane, hilarious sequel in which our anti-hero turns out to be not as bad a guy as he thinks, all the while breaking the fourth wall and playing sappy songs.
All returning from the original (and last blogged for) Deadpool are Ryan Reynolds as the title character, Morena Baccarin as wife Vanessa, T.J. Miller as Weasel the bartender, Leslie Uggams as Blind Al, and more. New this time are Zazie Beetz (ten episodes of Atlanta as the baby mama Van) as Domino, Josh Brolin (most recently as villain Thanos in Avengers: Infinity War) as villain Cable, teenaged Julian Dennison (new to me) as Firefist, and Rob Delaney (I have seen all three seasons of the comedy Catastrophe, in which he stars as well as writes, and am thrilled it's been renewed on Amazon) in a small funny part as Peter, among others. Apparently Reynolds picked Delaney after watching Catastrophe.
The first Deadpool writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick worked on the script with Reynolds but, although this sequel was announced three days before the release of the first one in 2016, that director was eventually replaced by stuntman David Leitch, who has co-directed one feature and directed one more before this.
There are lots of songs (listed here), many sappy, to supplement the score by Tyler Bates (last composed for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2) and you can stream a half hour of the soundtrack from this link.
With a Rotten Tomatoes critics' average of 83%'s and audiences at 86% (likely self-selected, i.e. apt to like it if they picked it), we urge you to self-select as well. Gauge your tolerance for murderous mayhem and go if you don't mind it.
PS (added July 7): The bad news: the Stan Lee cameo in this movie is but a painted wall. The good: a month later, he can be seen and heard about 3/4 of the way through Ant-Man and the Wasp.
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