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But as the plot pushes forward and Deadpool suffers the tragic death of his girlfriend Vanessa ( Morena Baccarin), the thematic arc of the film takes shape. This all seems like an extended gag, meant to highlight Deadpool’s fourth-wall-breaking, referential nature. Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) makes a few quips about Logan stealing his R-rating and beating him to the punch in dying in his own film, before promising that he’s going to die in this film too. But David Leitch’s film, despite its hilarity, is surprisingly emotionally grounded, and has more to add to Logan’s message than its overt references to the film.ĭeadpool 2 opens with a music box, featuring the character Logan impaled on the husk of a dead tree in the same position as he died in Mangold’s film. The bleakness of Logan seems like a far cry from Deadpool 2, given the latter’s lack of baggage from either a character standpoint or its position in a now-18-year-old franchise. Packaged in the form of a post-modern Western and stripped of costumes and some of the flashier aspects associated with superhero films, Logan deconstructed Wolverine’s legacy in an ode to pain. Mangold delivered the film many fans of the character had always wanted: a gritty, blood-soaked meditation on violence. When Logan was released last year, it provided a swansong for Hugh Jackman’s 17-year run as Wolverine, a role he originated in 2000’s X-Men. But what may not have been quite as anticipated is that Deadpool 2 forms the perfect companion piece to James Mangold’s Logan, while furthering the importance of 20 th Century Fox’s entire X-Men-centric franchise. Deadpool 2, with its sophomoric humor, plethora of pop culture references, and soundtrack that covers everything from a-ha to Dolly Parton, is a kick in the shins to superhero conventionalism.