Wade Wilson (Ryan Reynolds) is summoned by the Time Variance Authority and informed that his universe is going to fade from existence because its Anchor Being - Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) - has died. Wade refuses to accept this, steals a timepad, and begins searching for a free Wolverine from another timeline. Paradox (Matthew Macfadyen), the TVA section head, doesn't want a new Anchor Being. He wants to go back to the old days when divergent timelines were pruned wholesale, so he dumps Deadpool and Wolverine into the Void, the space outside of time to be eaten by Alioth or killed by Cassandra Nova (Emma Corrin), a variant of Charles Xavier's dead twin. Deadpool has to put together a team of discarded variants (multiple spoiler-heavy cameos) and also win over a jaded, defeatist Wolverine in order to get back to and save his timeline.
It does not have the same emotional heft as Deadpool 2 but it was still very entertaining. I laughed a lot! And, blessedly, everyone in the theater behaved themselves like they were out in public! It was a very good outside-my-house experience! (Until we left the theater and discovered that someone in the food court of the mall had been shot. *Insert America.gif here*)
This is not going to change anyone's mind about Deadpool. If you're mad that it invalidates Logan, that is understandable. But personally, I don't feel like anything has been taken away. Logan was an incredible movie that remains an incredible movie, regardless of how many spin-offs, sequels, or cameos happen. Logan still exists as a piece of media! You are not required to believe in any other timelines for continuity. And Deadpool 3 acknowledges that.
It's still in theaters but I will be buying a physical copy when it becomes available.
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