Deadpool 2 REVIEWS are in: Is it better than Ryan Reynolds’ first adult superhero outing?

Two years ago the Merc with a Mouth’s first outing defied the odds and made $783 million on a budget of just $58 million.

With Deadpool 2 green-lit almost immediately, Reynolds had a lot to live up to with his R-rated superhero comedy sequel.

Well lucky for him the first reviews are glowing with a currently Rotten Tomatoes score of 85%, a full 2% higher than the original movie.

Here’s some of the review highlights from major outlets so far.

Daily Telegraph
With its uncompromising commitment to gross-out injuries, nerdy pop culture in-jokes and inappropriate touching, Deadpool 2 was clearly made to cater to existing fans with every innuendo-filled moment.

The Times
He’s back and he’s as hilarious, homicidal and outrageous as ever, although maybe a little mushier.

The Guardian
Snappy, self-aware, fourth-wall-breaking lines like that flow fast and rarely miss their targets in the ensuing adventure.

Empire
We’d say it’s the rare sequel that surpasses the original – but as Deadpool would put it: “That’s just lazy writing.”

DEADPOOL CREATOR IN TEARS OVER DEADPOOL 2 ENDING

Hollywood Reporter
With Reynolds’ charismatic irreverence at its core, the pic moves from bloody mayhem to lewd comedy and back fluidly, occasionally even making room to go warm and mushy.

Screen Rant
It honors everything that worked in the original Deadpool, while delivering a more fun and complete movie experience in Deadpool 2.

Den of Geek
Surprisingly we didn’t hear any cracks about sequels that suck, perhaps because Reynolds, Leitch, and the rest know that this one doesn’t.

Digital Spy
Deadpool 2 has as much heart as the original, and the humour is more consistent. And while we wondered whether Wade Wilson’s brand of comedy had had its day, the series has moved with the times and feels as relevant and contemporary as it could be.

Cinema Blend
Deadpool 2 is an outrageous, surprising, hysterical, emotional, vulgar, creative and uproarious summer blockbuster that fans of this genre — and of comedy, in general — will devour.

Entertainment Weekly
Dizzy fun for a while, like eating Twinkies on a Gravitron. Eventually, though, it just wears you out.

Deadpool 2 is out in the UK today and the US on May 18.