Fortunately, the events of 2014's X-Men: Days of Future Past retconned that continuity out of existence, allowing for a faithful representation of the Rob Liefeld-created comic book character. However, a Deadpool film, a R-rated one at that, wasn't greenlit over at 20th Century Fox until a test footage was 'leaked' online to online critical acclaim. So here we are years later, with the long gestating film's eventual release, but is Deadpool more 'worthy of the hype'? More 'game changer in the R-rated superhero genre'? Or is it more so 'average film resorting to profanity to cover its faults'?

2014's been a great year for film, with your usual dose of superhero movies and plenty of critically acclaimed flicks (The Grand Budapest Hotel and Snowpiercer among my favourites), and if you've seen my list of movies to look forward to this year, you'll know how madly excited I am for what's being released in the next 12 months. Though if that list had an honourable mention section, Taken 3 (or Tak3n as advertised) would have been in it, as I enjoyed the first Taken and the talented Liam Neeson, who has since become a very bankable actor in recent years. Though expectations were low after the the repetitive Taken 2 (its director, Olivier Megaton, returns for this installment), I could not have thought it'll get any worse with Taken 3 Tak3n, and my first review of 2015 starting right off with this sorry stinker.