Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Tom Holland, Hugh Jackman, Josh Brolin
The Merc with a Mouth has not only officially overstayed his welcome in the MCU—he’s moved into Avengers Tower, changed the Wi-Fi password, and has a whole musical number dedicated to how much he loves it. Deadpool 4: Maximum Bromance forces Wade Wilson (Ryan Reynolds) into the most awkward, chaotic team-up of his life with the friendly neighborhood Spider-Man (Tom Holland).
The entire crisis is instigated by the arrival of “The Executive,” a new meta-villain (likely played by a surprisingly straight-faced character actor) who is an embodiment of corporate synergy gone wrong. The Executive plans to trigger a complete timeline reboot across the entire cinematic multiverse, not out of malice, but purely for the purpose of clearing the books and exploiting a newly discovered time-based tax loophole.
With the entire multi-verse of properties—including the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, and even the sad corner where the Daredevil series used to live—at risk of erasure, Wade takes on his most important mission. He drags a very reluctant, deeply annoyed Peter Parker on a chaotic, dimension-hopping road trip to find the one item capable of halting the catastrophic corporate reboot: The Original Master Script.
Peter, who is constantly trying to keep the language PG-13, repair the fourth wall that Wade repeatedly demolishes, and stop Wade from propositioning every alternate version of a hero they meet, struggles with the concept of an adult chaperone who acts like a hyperactive toddler.
But they aren’t alone on this cosmic, profanity-laced journey. Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) returns, pulled unwillingly out of a peaceful retirement, mostly to serve as an extremely hairy, grumpy babysitter for the two younger heroes and complain bitterly about the sheer volume of noise and bad jokes. Furthermore, the time-traveling, straight-laced mutant Cable (Josh Brolin) travels back, ensuring Wade and Peter don’t accidentally erase the X-Men from history—again.
With the massive, polished budget of a Disney/Marvel production, but entirely filtered through Deadpool’s R-rated, fourth-wall-shattering mind, the film is a masterclass in controlled chaos. Expect gratuitous, over-the-top violence, genuinely heartfelt moments that are instantly and lovingly ruined by a dirty joke, and the most chaotically entertaining team-up in Marvel history. Spidey’s web-slinging grace meets Wade’s dual katanas in a blood-soaked, self-aware, and utterly hilarious love letter to comic book fans who appreciate when a franchise doesn’t take itself seriously.