7 Movie Spinoffs That Were Better Than The Original

Deadpool is up there with the best X-Men movies ever made, and it's undeniably better than the first movie to give us a cinematic version of Ryan Reynolds' Deadpool: 2009's terrible X-Men Origins: Wolverine.

That movie didn't really have many bright spots, but its biggest was the performance of Reynolds as Wade Wilson (before they foolishly stitched his mouth shut), a turn that was so widely-praised that pretty much everyone who saw it started calling for the character to get his own movie, a wish that was eventually fulfilled in 2016.

In a sense, Deadpool has an unfair advantage in the film space, something that helped it become a cultural phenomenon and a box-office smash hit: the fact that it could - without being hyperbolic whatsoever - do whatever the hell it wanted.

With an R-rating and a character capable of breaking the fourth wall, Deadpool was able to joke about literally anything within its reach, show a load of satisfying, gory violence, and take on the superhero genre in a way that no other franchise could ever dream of doing. You can feel this sense of freedom permeating every single frame as the film bounds gleefully from one scene to the next, and it made for a one-of-a-kind cinematic experience - at least, until the sequel came along.

As an added bonus, the film contained a surprisingly engaging love story and some shockingly good action scenes to complement the comedy, making it the perfect blockbuster package all around.