Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2019
This is one of the nastiest, most crude, glorious, hilarious dark comedies to come along since the first one. Yes, yes, yes, I know. "It's terrible. It's not suitable for toddlers. It's offensive." And thank god for every second of this toilet bowl of a film. I can't remember having laughed so hard for so long. Several times, I almost choked to death I was laughing so hard.
Absolutely everything in this film is spectacular. The characters actually feel new. And that's very difficult to accomplish these days in any superhero or action film. Domino is, without question, my favourite. Her "superpower" is one I've never even heard of, let alone seen, before. And as corny as it is, it works! Beautifully. My god, I wish I could take her home and marry her. I need some of her superpower -- badly. That's for certain.
The baddies in this film are also quite new. And they are unquestionably the most foul, repulsive villains I've ever seen up on a movie screen. They make Thanos look like a saint. And when they get it in the end (both senses of the word in one case) I cheered. The 4th-wall breaking was done perfectly and with enough subtlety to make it work every time.
Pay no attention to the gits behind the curtain who are bad-mouthing this film, calling it "too crude" and "not funny". They are all dead wrong and just too full of themselves. What they need is to spend 5 minutes with Deadpool, alone, in a locked, darkened room, with a box of surgical gloves. That should do the trick.
There's one thing about these films that rarely is mentioned, since most "critics" are too focused on all the "naughty" words: the CGI. For the most part, it works. And that's saying a lot these days when most films look like some snotty teenager with a crappy laptop ground out the FXs in about an hour. These FX are actually convincing. As I've said in other reviews, the only places where the CGI breaks down is when digital figures move too fast. Otherwise, they're fine.
I definitely recommend this film. Hell, I recommend repeated viewings. It stands up to multiple viewings quite well. If you need something to make you not just laugh, but outright bust a gut, then these films are for you. Reynolds and company all do a fabulous job: writing, filming, acting, directing, everything. It all works.
SUPER DUPER REVIEW:
Wow! Oh, my, god! Double WOW! Even triple WOW!
This is indeed a Super Duper Cut. I'd even say a Super Duper Pooper Scooper version. That's how good this is. It needs a lot more adjectives to get across just how spectacular this cut really is.
In fact, THIS is the version of the film that SHOULD have been released from the very beginning. Absolutely! This isn't just some longer version with all the crummy deleted scenes replaced. You know the ones. Those edits that were removed because they slowed down the film, or made it incomprehensible, or ruined the pacing, or something. This isn't one of those typical cash-grab scams the film studios pull so they can make a second killing on more sales. Oh, no, sir! This is a significant improvement on the entire film. And I do mean significant.
In the first place, characters like Russell are given more time for their characters actually to develop as they're supposed to do, and even provide a bit more explanation for certain parts that remain somewhat vague in the theatrical cut. And that slimy Baldilocks, the head of the institute that tortures Russell, is given more time really to shine as a genuine slime-ball. Yikes, what a bastard!
And a few of the other characters are given a bit more time to throw out one-liners and other minor interesting development dialogue. So, overall, I have to recommend that, if you're one of the three people on the planet who've never seen this film, don't even bother with the theatrical version. Just go straight for the super-cut version.
There's another point I'd like to make for all those technically-challenged people out there, the half-dozen individuals who never learned how digital equipment works: When you purchase the Prime Video version, please start the movie, then click on the View All, then click on Scenes. Then scroll down that long page until you get to box titled Scene 37, where it CLEARLY states that the Super Duper cut starts. Click on the "Jump to Scene" button, and you're there, at the start of the Super Duper cut. See? Real simple. Even a monkey could do it. As to whether or not YOU can, we'll just have to wait and see.
If you stay on the Scenes page and just scroll through the Super Duper cut, you'll notice that many of the Scene panels will actually state if there's "new stuff" in that scene, in case you're interested in that. Just pointing this out.
Also, there is a Bonus Content section at the top of the page when you first open the X-Ray Section. That's also fairy interesting stuff for those who are interested, such as myself. The Trivia section, however, is the same for both versions. Oh, well.
Anywho . . . I can truthfully state that I laughed a lot more and a lot harder during this version than during the theatrical. It is way funnier, and the fight choreography is about ten times better! It actually out-does the choreography in the Matrix -- and that's saying a lot. Just the scene in the Japanese sauna (or baths or whatever) goes on about five times as long, is about ten times more intricate and complex and about a hundred times more spectacular. So I just can't recommend this film enough.
I always make a point about the number of stars I give. I never, ever give any film five stars, unless it is a proven, genuine masterpiece, like Aliens or Citizen Kane. I can't honestly give the Super Duper cut five stars, but were it possible, I would definitely give it four and a half. That's how good this version is.
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