Deadpool & Wolverine and Twisters
I am combining my review as both films focus on action with strengths and weaknesses.
While both films will be hits at the box office, Twisters is the better film. Deadpool & Wolverine plays out as if watching a stand-up comedy routine where I laughed far less than other members of the theatre audience. As one critic noted, the film is “rude and irreverent, funny and disgusting, weird and a little sweet”.
Though I am a great fan of both Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman, this movie has them in constant battles trying to save the universe wrapped around Reynolds’ bloated humor. This film isn’t helped by Renolds’ frequent one liners being told through the mask that he constantly wears.
However, what offended me was the use of our stars in movie trailers where Jackman’s Wolverine used 4 letter curse words to mock audience members to turn off their phones. This was played to an audience of kids watching G-rated films and it was far more offensive than funny.
Regardless, Twisters is the far better film. Though Deadpool & Wolverine had some great special effects and music, Twisters had some captivating scenes as it focused on gigantic tornadoes traveling through Oklahoma.
Glen Powell follows up his great role in this year’s Hit Man as Tyler Owens, a charming storm-chasing egomaniac who likes the social-media coverage. Without saying more, he is won over by Daisy Edgar-Jones’ Kate Carter, a New York researcher who returns to her roots in the mid-west.
Ms. Edgar-Jones and Powell lead their crews on a terrifying quest as they journey into the center of multiple storm systems. They risk their lives as they seek to develop a system that reduces the strength of tornadoes.
Though this is far from a classic love story, their frequent trips into the heart of darkness elevates this film above Deadpool & Wolverine. You watch small towns being destroyed and many humans losing their lives.
In any event, see them both and let me know what you think. In the process, remember that Emma Corrin is the secret source of Deadpool & Wolverine’s success. Coming off her role as Lady Diana Spencer in The Crown (2016-2023), here she plays the sexy villain Cassandra Nova. She is the hidden strength of the entire film.
