Deadpool (2016)

DEADPOOL  (2016)  ¢ ¢
    D: Tim Miller
    Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, Ed Skrein,
    Brianna Hildebrand, Karan Soni, Gina Carano
Another live-action superhero movie from Marvel about another mutant wise guy with extraordinary powers. The wise guy in question is Wade Wilson (Ryan Reynolds), a lowlife thug who's radiated till his face takes on the texture and appearance of a sausage-and-mushroom pizza and he can be shot, stomped, stabbed and mutilated without appreciably limiting his ability to kick ass. He's also emphatically R-rated, which means he can say and do shit that Thor and Hulk and Iron Man - so far, at least - cannot. It's a 10-minute idea driving a 100-minute movie - amusing for a reel or two, after which you're watching variations on the same joke playing out over and over. (Breaking down the fourth wall loses its novelty pretty fast when it becomes a running gag.) "Guardians of the Galaxy" took a goofball approach to its superheroes, too, but that movie had more affection for the conventions it was goofing on, and it had more wit. "Deadpool" aims a lot lower, without being nearly as much fun.