As if that wasn’t unfair enough, Domino is also a deadly accurate marksman, an accomplished martial artist, an incredible athlete and acrobat, and an explosives expert. Simply put: she can give herself good luck, and her foes guys bad luck. In the comics, the mutant Domino (real name Neena Thurman) can manipulate probability so that improbable phenomena occur in her favor, and to the detriment of her enemies. She also appeared in 2015’s “Apple Sauce” and 2017’s “Finding Her.” The 25-year-old doesn’t have an extensive filmography yet, but she’s a favorite on “Atlanta” - a TV series about the Atlanta rap scene - where she stars alongside Donald Glover, Brian Tyree Henry, and Keith Stanfield. And lest fans forget, Jean Grey harbors the world-ending psychic power of the Dark Phoenix.Zazie Beetz was born in Germany to a German father and African-American mother. Apocalypse was supposed to be the most powerful mutant of all, even if X-Men: Apocalypse never made clear just exactly what the first mutant ever could do. Magneto is so powerful he can tear apart cities and potentially destroy the Earth by launching every nuclear missile all at once. Storm controls the weather, and the scope and ramifications of this awesome ability are rarely explored. Professor Charles Xavier's ability to freeze dozens of people in their tracks has always been a bit frightening. Of course, there are plenty of mutants in the X-Men franchise who are ridiculously overpowered. However, she's so cool and fun to watch, it hardly matters. This undercuts the tension in Domino's fight scenes, since she's mostly beating up villains who are no match for her. Unfortunately, the film sidelines her in the final fight Deadpool, Cable, and Colossus had the displeasure of having to take down Juggernaut, while Domino pays off what little origin story the movie offered her by taking out her former abusers in the orphanage. Compared to Cable (who takes a considerable beating but brushes it off with his robot arm) and Deadpool himself (whose healing factor has to compensate for all kinds of grotesque maimings), Domino is virtually untouchable. In a fight, though, Domino's mutant ability seems to make her rather overpowered. Nor did Domino's lucky nature prevent her from being placed in the Essex House orphanage as a child, where she suffered the same abuse as Firefist from Deadpool 2's real villains. Domino's powers also didn't stop her failing to finish college - a decision her brief stint as part of X-Force has driven her to regret. Being able to favorably alter probability didn't save her from having to share an awkward cab ride with Deadpool, Cable, and Dopinder. Naturally, there are limits to Domino's luck. Of course, in order to get to that truck, Domino's luck allowed her to parachute and land without a scratch while the rest of X-Force were buffeted by the high winds and brutally killed. In the truck chase where Deadpool stopped the time-traveling Cable from killing the young Russell, aka Firefist, Domino drove the vehicle in breakneck style while other cars crashed out of her way. Movies are about showing and not telling and Deadpool 2 made Domino's powers cinematic by showing how obstacles simply tumble out of her way and enemies fall to favor her winning. SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Related: Deadpool 2's Brilliant (And Controversial) X-Force Decision
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