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A wisecracking mercenary gets experimented on and becomes immortal yet hideously scarred, and sets out to track down the man who ruined his looks.

Release Date
February 12, 2016
Director
Tim Miller
Cast
Ryan Reynolds , Morena Baccarin , T.J. Miller , Brianna Hildebrand , Karan Soni , Ed Skrein , Michael Benyaer , Stefan Kapicic
Runtime
108 minutes
Writers
Rhett Reese , Paul Wernick

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