This film is rated R for a reason, and it seem fairly obvious that this film is for the enjoyment of adults. The violence and gore is great not only for how good it looks but also because of how well the writers have integrated it into the comedic relief bits of the film as well as the action sequences. The action sequences themselves are high-octane and breathtakingly shot. I have to say, the opening sequence, which the film returns to a few times to help the audience "catch up", was done better than many other Marvel tentpole films. Thanks to the R-rating, the filmmakers have no problem showing us Deadpool decapitating a bad guy and kicking his head like a football towards other baddies, and it definitely helps them.

Deadpool does more than just throw in some funny and cool dialogue, he makes numerous pop culture references that are, finally, actually funny as heck! For the most part, movies that throw in pop-culture references into the dialogue often come off as tacky and unnecessary or overused. Not in this movie. More than other films, Deadpool often cites other Marvel films, even 20th Century Fox property films like the X-Men franchise itself. Helping Ryan Reynolds do justice to Deadpool is T. J. Miller, who I just love so much from HBO's Silicon Valley. I wish I'd seen more of him, but he's just there to aid Deadpool's comic relief, which he does well.

However, the film does have one problem in my view, and it is that it cuts between scenes of Deadpool in funny one-liner mode and Deadpool in usual Marvel-origin-story mode. It certainly doesn't detract from one's viewing of the film, the writing makes sure that there is a reasonable amount of comedic bits even in the origin-story part of the movie, but the plot of it comes off as rather similar to the previous iteration. Also, although the filmmakers succesfully make fun of typical Marvel hero clichés and the inability to get A-list stars to cameo in their film, they still use a British villain, who is pretty much a nothing in the film. Now, I understand why they do this, to comedic use and also since they want to focus on doing Deadpool right, but some clichés become used in this film and even though they make fun of that fact in the opening credits, that doesn't excuse them from doing it in the first place.