Deadpool & Wolverine is a 2024 superhero film produced by Marvel Studios and Walt Disney Studios. It features the comic book characters Deadpool and Wolverine in an explosive team-up that makes for an epic watch. Deadpool and Wolverine work together to save Deadpool’s universe from destruction by the Time Variance Authority. The two characters merge worlds after Marvel acquired the studio 20th Century Fox, which owned Deadpool and the characters from the X-Men. 

The Plot That Saved The Universe

The 2024 film Deadpool & Wolverine is a direct sequel to the first two films, Deadpool (2016) and Deadpool 2 (2018). As this film is the first Deadpool movie made by Marvel Studios, marking the MCU’s first rated R film, it chose to go a slightly different direction than initially intended when 20th Century Fox was producing the major motion picture. The movie’s narrative is enjoyable to watch, as the film has many humorous moments. Deadpool’s plot line is in jeopardy, so he labels himself “Marvel Jesus” as he sets out to reprise his timeline. This comical element alone, the perfect example of genius writing, is incredible and worth the two-and-a-half-hour run time. However, for first-time viewers or those who hadn’t seen the last Deadpool 2 (2018) movie for a while, the narrative arc had a bit of a time jump from where the second film left off. As a refresher, 10 to 20 minutes are used at the beginning to explain Deadpool’s dream of becoming an Avenger and to jump-start the time-travel/multiverse storyline of Deadpool & Wolverine, which brings back some fan-favorite characters, including Happy Hogan. The movie quickly transitions into the present day, where Deadpool and Wolverine travel into the Void to save the universe in Deadpool’s timeline. Overall, the diegesis is exciting and intriguing to watch, leaving viewers at the edge of their seats and wondering if Deadpool can accomplish his goal of keeping his universe from being wiped from existence. The epic fight scenes between the superheroes and villains and hilarious character conversations kept the film from going flat. 

A Dynamic Duo 

After buying out 20th Century Fox and acquiring the rights to Deadpool and X-Men, Marvel decided to combine the franchises into one epic movie, Deadpool & Wolverine. The two films’s namesake characters, Deadpool and Wolverine, are played by Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman, respectively. Ryan Reynolds continues to be the best fit as Deadpool. He has a comedic approach to the character, which is true to Deadpool in cartoons and comics which the movies are based on. Reynolds’s acting when Deadpool is searching for Wolverine is one of the funniest montages, insulting the different universe’s Wolverines and throwing out snarky comments left and right. Hugh Jackman as Wolverine remains a fantastic choice, welcoming him into the role he left behind years ago. Jackman acts as if he is grumpy and holds the world’s weight on his shoulders, making Wolverine the perfect juxtaposition to Deadpool. Jackman and Reynolds are a dynamic duo throughout the film with sibling-like fighting, fists and Wolverine claws, bantering, and inappropriate but funny comments.