Deadpool & Wolverine is the latest cinematic offering from Marvel Studios and can be entertaining if one has a high tolerance for gratuitous gore and filthy humor that barely takes a pause. Shawn Levy is the director, and he also co-wrote the script with Ryan Reynolds, Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, and Zeb Wells. The film is kind of complicated, so I can almost understand why it takes five writers to load this up with cheeky, off-color wisecracks.

Ryan Reynolds reprises the role of Wade Williams, aka Deadpool. Hugh Jackman gets jacked up to play Wolverine once again. There are all kinds of amusing Marvel movie cameos throughout, but I won’t spoil that. Other notable cast members are Morena Baccarin, Leslie Uggams, Emma Corrin, and Matthew Macfadyen. It’s a big film with a big cast, but I think I can move on.

Wade Williams has retired his Deadpool alter ego until he is told about the destruction of his home timeline and is offered a place in an alternate reality. Wade wants to save the people he has come to care for, so he escapes the confines of the Time Variance Authority and searches the multiverse for an acceptable version of Wolverine who is still alive. He finds the version of Wolverine that is considered the worst of the lot. After some initial not so mild reluctance to work as a team, the pair are taken to someplace called the Void where they meet a powerful mutant who happens to be the sister of one Charles Xavier. Cassandra Nova has some pretty nifty yet alarming psychic powers. The battle crosses through all kinds of dimensional barriers. Still, Deadpool’s crass humor and vicious fighting skill will see him through these challenges, including an ally that can barely stand the sight of him.

This is a comic book movie, so it’s no surprise the plot is completely ludicrous and nonsensical. Still, the charisma of both leads kind of saves it from real regret for spending the time and money to see it. Many of wisecracks were actually pretty funny.

I did find the villain played by Corrin to be somewhat underwhelming in spite of her sometimes-perverse use of her powers. Of course, it could be that Deadpool’s constant mocking kind of undercut the menace she was supposed to convey. Wolverine is also hard to actually intimidate as well.

The plot was not that easy to follow, and therefore, not that interesting. It was mainly a dirtier, crasser version of what we have already seen in recent Marvel films. As much as I appreciate that the movie sort of makes fun of itself and the franchise of which it is a part, it would have been nice to still have a more coherent main storyline.

The chemistry between Reynolds and Jackman is pretty solid though. It has some really entertaining moments peppered throughout the film, but one needs a high tolerance for the copious amounts of dismemberments and mutilation.

Most fans of the franchise will likely be satisfied, but I am sure would also agree with whatever criticisms others may note as well.