Deadpool 2 is every bit the raucous, hilarious follow-up it was predicted to be when it first released, but no one could've predicted that a strong emotional current would've run throughout it as well.
The film, in a great many ways, is way too clever for its own good, offering an interesting commentary on the X-Men allegory through the characters of Deadpool and Russell. The main source of drama stems from Broadstone and Eddie Marsan's evil headmaster, but while the main cut does a solid enough job of intimating the threat and mantra of Marsan's institution, it could've perhaps benefited from a more detailed look.
This extra look is shown off in the home release, adding more scenes between Russell and the Headmaster before Deadpool and the X-Men encounter Broadstone midway through the film's opening act. It adds more of a creepiness factor to Marsan's villain, and though it could be argued that it's more excess weight that needed to be shed, dedicating more time to Broadstone only enhances Deadpool 2.
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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.
