Deadpool 2 (2018)

Director: David Leitch

Writers: Rhett Reese, Paul Wenick, Ryan Reynolds

Composer: Tyler Bates

Starring: Josh Brolin, Ryan Reynolds, Marena Baccarin, Zazie Beetz, Brianna Hildebrand, Brad Pitt, Bill Skarsgard, T.J. Miller, Terry Crews, Rob Delaney, Alan Tudyk, Julian Dennison, Lewis Tan, Eddie Marsan, Shioli Kutsuna, Leslie Uggams, Stefan Kapicic, Karan Soni

More info: IMDb

Tagline: Prepare for the second coming.

Plot: After surviving a near fatal bovine attack, a disfigured cafeteria chef (Wade Wilson) struggles to fulfill his dream of becoming Mayberry's hottest bartender while also learning to cope with his lost sense of taste. Searching to regain his spice for life, as well as a flux capacitor, Wade must battle ninjas, the Yakuza, and a pack of sexually aggressive canines, as he journeys around the world to discover the importance of family, friendship, and flavor - finding a new taste for adventure and earning the coveted coffee mug title of World's Best Lover.

My rating: 8.5/10

Will I watch it again?  Yes.

Someone: Who.  Are.  you?
Someone else: I'm Batman!

SPOILER FREE...

If you loved the first one, you'll love the second.  It's more of the same but they're not re-hashing old jokes (mostly) and when they do they're doing something different.  There are a lot of surprises and a shitload of laughs.  It does drag a little in the middle, mostly for the lack of funny, but that's my only complaint, if you can even call it that because it was still entertaining.  The new characters are fun and the old ones have some more fun stuff to do than the last time.  I LOVED the James Bond opening credits complete with the Celine Dion ballad.  I LOVE that song and I hope it gets nominated at the Oscars for Best Song.  It's really a well written song but with intentionally lame lyrics and it fits the Bond-style titles to a T.  There were a lot of things that caught me off guard but I was mostly struck when I found myself tearing up from the emotional moment in the last act.  It was really nicely handled.  There's also a BASIC INSTINCT moment complete with composer Tyler Bates providing a score that resembles Goldsmith's from that film.  I LOVED that little touch.  I'll definitely catch this again in the next week.  This was part of a double feature, back to back with the first film and it was nice to revisit it on the big screen.  It also helped reminding me of some of jokes because they continue in the sequel.  HINT:  one of them involves a lot of cocaine and the cure for blindness.