Deadpool 2
Movie, 2018, Deadpool, Set in 2018
Deadpool 2 is #14 of 18 in release order and #12 of 18 in chronological order in the X-Men.
The story
Wisecracking mercenary Deadpool battles the evil and powerful Cable and other bad guys to save a boy's life.
Deadpool 2 recap
Deadpool's girlfriend Vanessa is killed by a gang on their anniversary, and he tries to kill himself. Colossus brings him to the X-Mansion as a trainee. On his first mission, he defends Russell, a teenage mutant who calls himself Firefist, from the abusive staff of his orphanage, and both are locked in a prison for mutants. Cable, a soldier from the future, arrives to kill Russell, who will one day murder Cable's family. Deadpool forms a team, X-Force, to rescue Russell from a prison convoy, but nearly everyone dies on the parachute jump, leaving only the lucky Domino. Russell teams up with the Juggernaut and heads to the orphanage to kill its headmaster, the act that will start him on his path.
Deadpool 2 ending explained
Deadpool takes Cable's bullet for Russell and dies, and seeing this sacrifice changes Russell's future. Cable uses his time device's last charge to go back and put a token in front of Deadpool's heart, so he survives. Russell does not kill the headmaster, and the Juggernaut is beaten by Colossus. Deadpool, Cable, Domino, Russell and the others form X-Force, which Deadpool now insists is a family.
Post-credits scenes
Yes. In mid-credits scenes, Negasonic and Yukio fix Cable's time device, and Deadpool uses it to save Vanessa and his friend Peter, kill the Deadpool from X-Men Origins: Wolverine, and shoot Ryan Reynolds as he reads the script for Green Lantern.
Where to watch Deadpool 2
Deadpool 2 is streaming on Disney+ and HBO Max in the US. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.
Ratings
IMDb 7.6/10, Rotten Tomatoes 83%
Where it fits
- Release order: after The Gifted, before Dark Phoenix.
- Chronological order: after The New Mutants, before Logan.
What to watch before Deadpool 2
In release order, 9 X-Men essentials come before Deadpool 2 (2018), from X-Men (2000) to Logan (2017).
Cast
- Ryan Reynolds as Wade Wilson / Deadpool / Juggernaut (voice)
- Josh Brolin as Cable
- Morena Baccarin as Vanessa
- Julian Dennison as Firefist
- Zazie Beetz as Domino
- T.J. Miller as Weasel
- Leslie Uggams as Blind Al
- Karan Soni as Dopinder
- Brianna Hildebrand as Negasonic Teenage Warhead
- Jack Kesy as Black Tom
- Eddie Marsan as Headmaster
- Shioli Kutsuna as Yukio
Directed by David Leitch.