But if you were hoping for a cinematic experience on par with “Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” “Avengers: Endgame” or “Spider-Man 2,” keep your expectations in check. “Deadpool and Wolverine” is the not-really-but-kinda third film in the “Deadpool” series, the final installment of the posthumous 20th Century Fox universe, and the first in Disney’s Marvel Cinematic Universe. Wade Wilson/Deadpool is struggling to find his place in the world after hanging up the superhero costume until he’s given the chance to be a hero again for yet another shadow agency within the Marvel universe.
This offer though comes at the cost of his universe being destroyed, forcing him to team up with Hugh Jackman’s down-and-out Wolverine to save his world from annihilation. From the first scene are literally retreading old ground. Both title characters are walking beat by beat through their character journeys of each of their previous films, which becomes the theme for the whole movie.
A lot of nothing new, but re-done in a way that is entertaining enough to look past in the moment. If it’s not repeating old beats, it’s using tropes that never worked to begin with, such as an unmotivated off-screen break up to motivate the plot. But the plot is not consistent with the previously established lore.
(Looking at you, “Dial of Destiny.”) The main stakes of the film, their world is going to be destroyed, is probably the most used villain trope in the comic book genre,.