Deadpool Returns

The Deadpool 2 trailer just dropped and I already know I’m seeing it in a theater. This is one of those rare superhero movies that understands what it is: funny, violent, nothing to apologize for.

Ryan Reynolds is the reason it works. Most actors in these roles seem like they’re apologizing for the material. Reynolds commits to the bit without ceremony, and you can tell he’s having fun with it. That ease—the confidence to let something be stupid without announcing it—carries the whole thing.

The trailer shows what you’d expect: ninjas, Yakuza, sexually aggressive dogs, all of it stupid in exactly the right way. The commitment to absurdity without self-consciousness—that’s where the comedy lives.

If you somehow missed the first Deadpool, catch up before the internet spoils everything to death. This isn’t a movie trying to matter. It’s competent and funny and violent enough to remind you why you bothered going to a theater in the first place.