Will Juggernaut Ever Not Be Treated As A Laughing Stock?
Juggernaut makes his first appearance in an X-Men movie since 2006’s The Last Stand in Deadpool 2. It was a welcome return for the character, as well, with the villain looking much closer to his comic design than Vinnie Jones’ atrocious portrayal back in Brett Ratner’s disappointing threequel.
However, despite the effort from Ryan Reynolds to imbue Juggernaut with some respect – the Merc talks a lot about how much he loves the villain, even going so far as to break the fourth wall and call him his “favorite X-Men character” – we have to admit that he’s still a little rubbish. There’s not much texture to this Juggernaut and his final battle ends with a humiliating defeat as he gets a cable stuck up his bare backside.
Sure, that’s just the movie’s style, but it’s still a shame that Juggernaut has been portrayed as a big dumb jerk rather than a legitimate threat or three dimensional character in both of his appearances on screen so far. As we mentioned before, they even managed to allude to him being the brother of Charles Xavier, which showed promise that the filmmakers know how to treat the villain.
Still, director David Leitch has suggested that he would like to play around with Juggernaut some more in a future film. And he’s now back in circulation, so let’s hope he appears again. Third time’s a charm, right?
