Surprise surprise, Deadpool 2 is going to be just as - if not more violent - than its predecessor, so make sure you aren't planning a trip to the cinema with your family in mind.
IndieWire's Kate Erbland confirmed the film's R-Rated credentials in a Tweet posted yesterday, saying that it "earns the hell out of that R-Rating."
The film's Red-Band trailers certainly seemed to illustrate that it would at least be matching the violence of the first film, but some reactions have said it goes one step further, with People Magazine's Nigel M. Smith even saying that it's "the most violent major release since Kill Bill Volume 1."
Now obviously that's a big claim, but with the first Deadpool having earned Fox plaudits both commercial and otherwise, it's not difficult to believe that the studio allowed Reynolds et al. to double down on the film's violence and humour.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
