According to the official synopsis, Deadpool is "based upon Marvel Comics' most unconventional anti-hero," though we've always subscribed to the thought that he's more of an anti-villain. Anti-heros are heroes with villainous qualities, while anti-villains are the opposite. The synopsis goes on to say that "Deadpool tells the origin story of former Special Forces operative turned mercenary Wade Wilson, who after being subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, adopts the alter ego Deadpool." With a run-on sentence like that, no wonder they call this guy the Merc with the Mouth. "Armed with his new abilities and dark, twisted sense of humour, Deadpool hunts down the man who nearly destroyed his life."
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