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RELEASED:
2016
DIRECTOR(s):
Tim Miller
PERSONAL RATING:
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As the wisecracking and
foul-mouthed masked vigilante Deadpool, Wade Wilson ambushes Ajax and a
convoy of his men on an expressway. Throughout the ambush, Wade shows the
viewer the events leading to how he became Deadpool. After being
dishonourably discharged from the Canadian special forces, Wade works as a
freelance mercenary until he meets a prostitute named Vanessa. They become
romantically involved, and a year later, she accepts his marriage
proposal. Wade is later diagnosed with terminal cancer, and he leaves
Vanessa without warning so she will not have to watch him die.
A mysterious recruiter approaches Wade and offers him an experimental
treatment for his cancer. He is taken to a laboratory run by Ajax and
Angel Dust, who inject him with a serum designed to awaken latent mutant
genes in his body. They subject Wade to days of torture to trigger any
mutation he may have without success. When Wade discovers Ajax's real name
is Francis and mocks him for it, Ajax leaves Wade in a hypobaric chamber
that periodically takes him to the verge of asphyxiation over a weekend.
This activates a regenerative healing factor that counteracts Wade's
cancer but leaves him severely disfigured with tumor-like scars all over
his body. He escapes from the chamber and attacks Ajax but relents when
told his condition can be cured. In the chaos, Ajax subdues Wade and
leaves him for dead.
Wade survives due to his new healing abilities and seeks out Vanessa but
does not reveal that he is alive out of fear that she will shun him
because of his new appearance. After consulting with his best friend
Weasel, Wade decides to hunt down Ajax for the cure. He becomes a
vigilante, adopting the name "Deadpool" (from Weasel picking him in a dead
pool), and moves into the home of an elderly blind woman named Al.
Throughout the next year, he questions and kills many of Ajax's associates
until one, the recruiter, reveals Ajax's whereabouts. This information
allows Wade to enact the ambush. He kills all of Ajax's henchmen, subdues
Ajax, and demands the cure, but the X-Men Colossus and his trainee
Negasonic Teenage Warhead interrupt him. Colossus attempts to convince
Wade to mend his ways and join the X-Men, but Wade turns him down. Taking
advantage of this distraction, Ajax escapes and regroups with Angel Dust.
They then head to Weasel's bar, where Ajax hears of Vanessa.
Ajax kidnaps Vanessa and takes her to a decommissioned Helicarrier in a
scrapyard. In response, Wade convinces Colossus and Negasonic to help him
get her back. They battle Angel Dust and a group of Ajax's men while Wade
fights his way to Ajax. During the battle, Negasonic accidentally destroys
the supports keeping the Helicarrier stable. Deadpool protects Vanessa as
the ship collapses around them, while Colossus carries Negasonic and Angel
Dust to safety. Ajax attacks Wade again but is overpowered. He reveals
that a cure never existed, and despite Colossus's pleas, Wade kills Ajax.
Vanessa berates Wade for leaving her but reconciles with him after she
sees his disfigured face and learns the reason he never came back to her.
In a post-credits scene, Wade imitates the post-credits scene of Ferris
Bueller's Day Off, stating they only have enough money left to announce
that Cable will show up in the sequel. |
