Following
last year’s disastrous Fantastic Four,
Fox Studios are more focused on their X-Men franchises by releasing Deadpool and X-Men: Apocalypse in the same year. Deadpool debuted in New Mutants #98 in 1991 where he was
hired to hunt down the mutant Cable. Co-creators Rob Liefeld and Fabian Nicieza
wanted to create a bounty hunter similar to Boba Fett to hunt down Cable who is their Han Solo. Liefeld came up
with was a Spider-Man and Deathstroke costume. Deadpool’s first
name Wade came within X-Force #11 while
his last name Wilson came in the first Deadpool
mini-series due to an in-joke between the co-creators because of Liefeld’s love
of the New Teen Titans by George
Perez.
Deadpool
is known for breaking the fourth wall in comics and he does the same within the
film. In the film Wade Wilson discovers he has cancer and decides to enter into
a program to cure it. The cure is worse than the disease as Wilson’s mutant
gene is activated and he has a skin condition due to the treatment. Now Wilson
wants to become normal and hunts down the people responsible as Deadpool.
The
film is a love letter to the fans of Deadpool by giving us the violent movie we
wanted and staying true to the character. It is also a lesson to studios to
have faith in the characters who have a long-standing history with fans. Too
bad this lesson was not taken during Fox Studios Fantastic Four film.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED – 5 OUT OF 5
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED – 5 OUT OF 5
