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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n If nothing else, \u201cDeadpool & Wolverine\u201d is Disney taking a victory lap for acquiring 20th<\/sup> Century Fox and the Marvel properties it controlled. We got a taste of this last year in \u201cDoctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness\u201d when the advertising bragged about bringing in Patrick Stewart\u2019s Professor X from the X-Men and then the movie threw in John Krasinski as Reed \u201cMr. Fantastic\u201d Richards from the Fantastic Four just because it could. This time, two former Fox characters are front and center for a Disney release, and they\u2019re bringing some very un-Disneylike mannerisms with them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wade \u201cDeadpool\u201d Wilson has fallen into a funk since we last saw him. He was turned down for a job with The Avengers, broke up with his girlfriend Vanessa (Morena Baccarin), and now does a lousy job selling cars. It\u2019s hard to believe that a highly-skilled assassin with regenerative superpowers wouldn\u2019t be able to get a better job even without The Avengers, but whatever, he\u2019s in need of a comeback. He\u2019s sought out by Mr. Paradox (Matthew Macfadyen), who runs a clandestine organization dedicated to preserving timelines. Wade\u2019s timeline is about to end because of the death of Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) in 2017\u2019s \u201cLogan.\u201d In fact, Paradox is just a few days away from deleting the timeline himself with a device that will erase the world painlessly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wade isn\u2019t giving up on preserving his universe, so he kidnaps a Wolverine from another timeline to replace the one that his world is missing. Paradox finds the replacement insufficient and banishes both Deadpool and the new Wolverine to The Void, a desert world reserved for entities that Paradox and his organization want to sweep under the rug. The Void is ruled by Nova (Emma Corrin), the heretofore unknown twin sister of Professor X. She wants to kill the heroes, and they ironically need her help to return to Wade\u2019s timeline to stop Paradox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The bad news is that neither Deadpool nor Wolverine can hope to succeed on their own, or even together for that matter. It doesn\u2019t help that the two don\u2019t like each other, with this version of Wolverine wanting nothing more than to wallow in self-pity and Deadpool insisting that he put aside his failures and help save a timeline that isn\u2019t his own. The good news is that there\u2019s help out there in The Void. Remember, multiple-timeline and multiverse rules are in effect here. I will say that there are other versions of Deadpool played by Reynolds and other versions of Wolverine played by Jackman. Are there versions of these characters not played by Reynolds and Jackman? Will anyone else from the \u201cX-Men\u201d universe show up? Maybe some even stranger bedfellows?<\/p>\n\n\n\n The appeal of \u201cDeadpool & Wolverine\u201d lies in its ability to elicit laughter and gasps. The kind of gasps I can talk about here relate to crude humor and creative violence, which tie into the laughter anyway, so really the appeal of this film is its humor. Obviously this movie isn\u2019t going to appeal to audiences that want their Marvel movies at the PG-13 level or tamer. But it also isn\u2019t going to appeal to people that don\u2019t like Deadpool or are sick of Deadpool. It\u2019s hard to imagine anybody not falling for the charm that Reynolds and Jackman bring to their characters. It\u2019s easier to imagine that people are tired of this schtick after eight years, with all the \u201cshock\u201d and meta-humor and excitement over silly things like ill-fitting pop songs. For me, there was just enough juice left in the tank for me to give this movie a recommendation, but I suggest seeing this movie early while the screenings are still a party, because I don\u2019t think this movie is going to age well once the novelty wears off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Grade: B-<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDeadpool & Wolverine\u201d is rated R for strong bloody violence and language throughout, gore and sexual references. Its running time is 128 minutes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Bob Garver If nothing else, \u201cDeadpool & Wolverine\u201d is Disney taking a victory lap for acquiring 20th Century Fox and the Marvel properties it controlled. 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