Deadpool 2 (15)

And so we crawl, muttering and mumbling, to Deadpool 2 — a film we genuinely had no interest in seeing, but nowt else was on so what d'ya do?

It's not because we didn't enjoy the first one, it was fine, but another two hours of meta jokes and fratboy humour was really not what we were after.

Which, it turns out, was a good thing, because that's not what we got.

Sure, yes, the fourth wall is left in tatters early doors and the in-jokes keep the uber geeks feeling smug and happy, but all that is wrapped up in an actual story.

A proper one. That kind of makes sense.

Seems that while poking fun at Logan for copying them, the Deadpool team learnt a trick or two.

It helps that they have dialled down Mr Pools endless quipping, which actually allows the film to breath a bit more and to not feel so relentless.

It also help that there is a lot less T. J. Miller.

Honestly never met a situation that his geeky comic shtick  remotely improves.

Adding current comic book bad guy legend Josh Brolin (as Cable) also helps, as it allows Ryan Reynolds to up his game.

Which he does surprisingly well.

I mean, I know we were all surprised that the star of many a bad rom-com, he who leans in posters like a legend, showed he had genuine comic talent, but now we are reminded he can act as well.

Will the shocks never end?

We're not saying this is a classic, by the way, but it actually grows from the seeds planted in the fast one without actually just repeating the formula.

Which is nice.

And it made us feel something (in this case, happy) upon leaving the cinema so it's automatically better than Ocean's 8.

Granted there's not a lot else to say about it — looks good, zips along, has jokes, has good performances, has good action scenes. Everything is where you would want it.

Is it memorable? Not massively.

Will missing it change your life? Not in any major way.

But watching it will make you smile, make you laugh, make you care a little bit and if you can't enjoy the skydiving sequence you're dead inside.

Look, this summer has been something a bust — the major blockbusters have, for the most part, been tedious as all hell.

So if something comes along that brings a smile to your face and puts a bit of a spring in your step, then just embrace it.

The world's a pretty crappy place right now, so some frivolous fun should be welcomed like a large glass of gin.