Deadpool 2: 8 Reasons To Be Excited

1. More R-Rated Comic Book Fun

Deadpool has always been something of a cult favourite character, but no one could've expected the film to have been as influential as it now is.

Released in February 2016, the film spearheaded a veritable R-rated resurgence in the superhero genre, allowing James Mangold to give fans the Wolverine film they'd always wanted in Logan, and generating a whole raft of rumours regarding various studios optioning darker, more adult adaptations of comic book characters.

Despite the fact that Deadpool and Logan are the only two R-Rated features to have made it to the big-screen since 2016, those two films, along with Dredd, illustrate just how good a comic book production can be when artists are given the freedom necessary to fully articulate their own vision. It might not always guarantee box-office receipts (certainly not, in Dredd's case), but there's no denying that audiences are left with a more compelling film, especially when the rating's justified.

Fortunately for us, in Deadpool's case, the rating most definitely is.

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