Deadpool 2 (2018)

Deadpool 2 poster

Deadpool 2 (2018)


Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Progressive
Political: Center
Diversity: High
LGBTQ: Positive
Female Combat: Yes
Race Swap: Yes

Viewer Rating
7.5

Overview

Wisecracking mercenary Deadpool battles the evil and powerful Cable and other bad guys to save a boy's life.


Starring Cast


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Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Progressive

Primary

The film's core themes of found family, redemption, and empathy are broadly appealing and not inherently political. While it critiques institutional abuse, its meta-humor and focus on personal relationships prevent it from explicitly promoting any specific political ideology, resulting in a neutral stance.

The movie demonstrates significant DEI primarily through the explicit recasting of a traditionally white comic book character with a minority actress. While the narrative incorporates diverse relationships and characters, it maintains a neutral to positive framing of traditional identities without making explicit critique central to its themes.

Secondary

Deadpool 2 features a visible and normalized same-sex relationship between Negasonic Teenage Warhead and Yukio. Their partnership is depicted with dignity and acceptance, contributing positively to LGBTQ+ representation without being a source of conflict or mockery within the narrative.

The film features Domino, a mutant with luck-based powers, who engages in and wins close-quarters physical combat against multiple male opponents, including prison guards and armed henchmen. Her victories involve hand-to-hand techniques and agile movements.

Domino, a character canonically white in the comics, is portrayed by a Black actress. Additionally, Firefist and Blind Al, both originally depicted as white in the source material, are portrayed by actors of different races.

Deadpool 2 does not include any identifiable transsexual characters or themes within its narrative. The film focuses on its established characters and comedic action, without engaging with transsexual identity in any capacity, resulting in no depiction to evaluate.

All major and supporting characters in Deadpool 2 maintain the same gender as established in their comic book source material. No instances of a character canonically established as one gender being portrayed as a different gender were identified.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

7.5

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
7.6
The Movie Database logo
7.5

Critic Ratings

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8.3
Metacritic logo
6.6

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