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Spoiler Warning: This article reveals major moments from Deadpool 2 (2018).
What Was X-Force Supposed to Do?
When Deadpool decides to rescue Russell Collins, also known as Firefist, from a dangerous situation, he realizes he needs backup. His answer? Build a superhero team called X-Force.
With help from Weasel, Wade recruits a group of unusual fighters, including Bedlam, Shatterstar, Zeitgeist, Vanisher, Domino, and Peter—a completely ordinary guy with absolutely no superpowers.
The plan sounds simple: jump out of an aircraft, land near the convoy carrying Russell, and stop Cable before he can kill the young mutant.
What could possibly go wrong?
Well, almost everything.
Why Does X-Force Die So Quickly?
The team’s first mission becomes one of the funniest—and most shocking—scenes in Deadpool 2. After jumping from the plane, the recruits discover that their parachutes and landing plans are no match for terrible timing and brutal bad luck.
Here’s how their mission falls apart:
Bedlam (Terry Crews): His attempt to land safely ends with him getting struck by a passing bus.
Shatterstar (Lewis Tan): The alien warrior who boasts about his abilities meets a helicopter’s spinning blades.
Zeitgeist (Bill Skarsgård): His acidic-vomit power becomes part of a gruesome accident involving a wood chipper.
Vanisher (Brad Pitt): The invisible recruit hits electrical power lines. His brief appearance reveals the famous actor playing him.
Peter (Rob Delaney): The friendly, powerless recruit tries to help Zeitgeist and gets caught in the same deadly accident.
Domino, meanwhile, lands safely and reaches the mission because her mutant ability makes luck work in her favor.
In other words, X-Force spends more time falling out of the sky than actually fighting anyone.
Was the X-Force Disaster Planned?
Yes. The deaths weren’t simply a random accident in the filmmaking process. They were designed as a huge joke built around audience expectations.
The trailers presented X-Force as an exciting new superhero team. Viewers could reasonably expect these characters to become important allies throughout the movie—or perhaps lead into another adventure.
Instead, the film destroys nearly the entire lineup before the team can properly begin its mission.
Co-writer Rhett Reese explained that the fake X-Force sequence was added relatively late in development. He described the idea as a comedy sequence in which the team is introduced and then quickly wiped out.
It’s classic Deadpool: make the audience excited about a familiar superhero setup, then pull the rug out from under them.
Why Is Domino the Only X-Force Member Who Survives?
Domino isn’t necessarily the strongest fighter on the team. Her real advantage is her mutant power: luck.
Things tend to work out in her favor, even when the situation looks dangerous. During the parachute sequence, the other recruits suffer spectacular accidents, while Domino manages to land safely and continue the mission.
The contrast is the joke. Everyone else depends on training, confidence, or special abilities. Domino has luck—and, in this scene, luck is apparently the most powerful superpower of all.
She later proves useful in the fight against Cable, making her survival more than just a funny moment.
Did Deadpool Save Anyone From X-Force?
Yes, but not during the parachute sequence.
In the mid-credits scenes, Deadpool uses Cable’s time-travel device to change earlier events. One of his most important stops is saving Peter by convincing him to leave before he gets caught in the accident that originally kills him.
However, the movie does not show Deadpool saving every X-Force member. Peter gets a second chance, while the other recruits’ deaths remain part of the film’s wonderfully ridiculous joke.
And that’s what makes the scene memorable: Deadpool 2 builds up a whole team, wipes it out in minutes, and then uses time travel to rescue the one person who never had a superpower in the first place.
Final Verdict
The X-Force scene works because it turns a typical superhero team introduction upside down. Instead of giving every recruit a heroic moment, Deadpool 2 uses their disastrous first mission to mock trailer hype, superhero clichés, and the audience’s expectations.
Domino survives because she’s lucky. Peter survives because Deadpool cares enough to go back for him. And the rest of X-Force? They become one of the movie’s most unforgettable punchlines.
Sometimes, the best superhero team is the one that barely gets off the ground.
FAQs
1. Why did X-Force die in Deadpool 2?
The deaths were planned as a surprise comedy sequence that subverts the expectation that the newly recruited superheroes would become a major team.
2. Who survives the X-Force parachute scene?
Domino survives the disastrous landing because her mutant ability gives her extraordinary luck.
3. Is Peter a mutant in Deadpool 2?
No. Peter is an ordinary human with no superpowers, which makes his recruitment—and Deadpool’s later decision to save him—even funnier.
4. Who plays the invisible member of X-Force?
Brad Pitt plays Vanisher, whose face is briefly revealed when he hits electrical power lines.
5. Does Deadpool save the entire X-Force team?
No. In the mid-credits sequence, he saves Peter, but the film doesn’t show him rescuing the other members.