Dogpool innocent. Deadpool & Wolverine is a lot of things, and not all of them work. It's a (mostly) sincere love letter to 20th Century Fox's superhero movies, an appropriately R-rated Deadpool sequel, a buddy comedy, and both a rejection and embracement of the Marvel Cinematic Universe 's brand of storytelling.
It is also, at certain points, a collection of cameos that are both surprising and not, and some of which work considerably better than others. The film's cameos are sure to be the subject of numerous conversations in the coming days and weeks, and it's not hard to see why. (Hugh Jackman, after all, isn't the only iconic comic book movie actor who gets to make a return in the sequel.
) However, while the presence of characters like Jennifer Garner's Elektra, Chris Evans’ Human Torch , Wesley Snipes' Blade , Dafne Keen's X-23, and even Channing Tatum's Gambit help support Deadpool & Wolverine 's mission to say one last goodbye to Marvel's Fox era, they also give the film one too many chances to make what is becoming an increasingly tiresome MCU mistake. Marvel bafflingly chose to spoil X-23’s return in the final trailer for Deadpool & Wolverine . The biggest problem with Deadpool & Wolverine 's cameos is that they're essentially used to cut corners.
The film wants to sell itself as a kind of conclusion to an era of comic book movies that fans had thought already ended five years ago, and Garner's Elektra even says as much. She and the rest of the noble variants tha.