From the opening use of Juice Newton during a hilarious opening credit scene to the closing notes of Careless Whisper with the nod to Ferris Bueller, Deadpool never feels like its trying to take itself seriously. With constant fourth wall breaks and smart ass comments on all aspects of pop culture from Superheroes to Ryan Reynolds other movies and even the Spin Doctors (remember them?), it’s a refreshing  entry into the genre.

All credit to Ryan Reynolds who absolutely nails it as Wade Wilson and after his debacles in Green Lantern, Wolverine and Blade Trinity it took balls for him to have another stab in a Superhero film but he made this a project and never backed away from the challenge of getting this movie made and he plays it through every emotion almost flawlessly. The jumps from current to past and back again are well done and do a good job of building the back story without slowing the movie down as much as they could have, plus the action sequences, the use of both slow motion shots and the CGI are all excellent.

On the negative side the use of the secondary X-Men characters felt a bit shoehorned in just so that the movie could have a place in the Marvel Universe and both Angel Dust and Ajax just left like generic villains instead of building on the mutants characters that they are, although both of these points are brilliantly ripped apart in the movie anyway.

Overall, while not perfect it’s a must watch for any fan of the genre and with the large volume of upcoming superhero movies this year, it’s a great start.

DJ Speaks Rating: 7 out of 10