In his early years, he was driven by deep-seated, unresolved issues stemming from childhood,  but the film gives us no evidence of a familial connection, unless you count two different but ultimately British accents. Without that crucial relationship between Marko and Xavier, X-Men: The Last Stand failed to give its Juggernaut any depth. In fact, by the final act, it seemed the character had only been introduced to give life to an internet meme from 2005.

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So how does Deadpool 2 fix all these problems? By helping us forget they ever existed with the introduction of a new and improved Juggernaut.

This time, he’s bigger and badder and in more ways than one. Yes, he’s the right size and the he’s invulnerable, for the most part (although the source of his powers is never made clear), but more than that, he actually feels like a formidable threat. The amount of destruction he causes in the film and the effects of his presence (i.e. compelling Cable to seek help from Deadpool and X-Force) are worthy of a character who bears the title, the Unstoppable Juggernaut, unlike his predecessor, who was essentially another pawn in Magneto’s army.

The film has larger themes to explore, so, while we never get an in-depth look at the character, the film passively offers just enough information to let fans know the X-Men franchise is remaining just a little more faithful to the comic book character this time around. For example, as Juggernaut and Russell make their way up to the front doors of the Essex House for Mutant Rehabilitation, we hear Cain telling the young mutant why he wears a helmet. He explains that his brother was always trying to get into his head, before mentioning his brother needs a wheelchair, so for him, it evens out. That’s enough of a description to let fans know just who Cain Marko’s brother is in this continuity.

There are still so many questions about the character that have to be answered. While nothing is certain, we know a second appearance is very much a possibility. After all, he didn’t die in that pool at the end of the film; we can see him climb out as the camera pans away from the twisted mutant orphanage. Whether it’s in an X-Force film or possibly Deadpool 3, we hope Juggernaut returns and we hope we get to see more of the supervillain Deadpool 2 just redeemed.

In theaters Friday nationwide, director David Leitch’s Deadpool 2 stars Ryan Reynolds as the titular Deadpool, Morena Baccarin as Vanessa, T.J. Miller as Weasel, Leslie Uggams as Blind Al, Brianna Hildebrand as Negasonic Teenage Warhead, Stefan Kapičić as Colossus, Zazie Beetz as Domino, Julian Dennison as Russell and Josh Brolin as Cable.