The Most Pause-Worthy Moments In Deadpool
Despite his constant jokes, Wade Wilson has one of the most brutal backstories in superhero movies. In flashbacks in “Deadpool,” we see Wade being diagnosed with cancer. We see him try one treatment after another to stop the deadly disease, but none of them prove effective. The only hope rests with an experimental procedure being offered by a shady organization.
After Wade agrees to become a part of the organization’s program, he discovers that he is not being treated for his condition. Rather, the program, headed by Francis aka Ajax, wants to bring out Wade’s latent mutant superabilities by subjecting him to all kinds of gruesome torture scenarios that would force his body to act out and protect itself by bringing about a supermutation.
Thus Wade is forced to undergo one horrifically painful procedure after another. He is beaten up, burnt, asphyxiated, and regularly taken to the brink of death only to be brought back to life at the last moment. All this leads to one of the most disturbing scenes in any superhero movie, when another round of asphyxiation leads to Wade’s skin turning hairless and deeply pockmarked, giving the character his classic gruesome appearance from the comics.
Despite his constant jokes, Wade Wilson has one of the most brutal backstories in superhero movies. In flashbacks in “Deadpool,” we see Wade being diagnosed with cancer. We see him try one treatment after another to stop the deadly disease, but none of them prove effective. The only hope rests with an experimental procedure being offered by a shady organization.
After Wade agrees to become a part of the organization’s program, he discovers that he is not being treated for his condition. Rather, the program, headed by Francis aka Ajax, wants to bring out Wade’s latent mutant superabilities by subjecting him to all kinds of gruesome torture scenarios that would force his body to act out and protect itself by bringing about a supermutation.
Thus Wade is forced to undergo one horrifically painful procedure after another. He is beaten up, burnt, asphyxiated, and regularly taken to the brink of death only to be brought back to life at the last moment. All this leads to one of the most disturbing scenes in any superhero movie, when another round of asphyxiation leads to Wade’s skin turning hairless and deeply pockmarked, giving the character his classic gruesome appearance from the comics.