Finally a Marvel film that maintains well and offers a convincing story. There is also an important new figure.
Now the big secret is finally being revealed and we find out what the mysterious upholidated asterisks are behind the title word “Thunderbolts*”. So that the tension is also preserved in this criticism, I save the enlightenment for later.
What the comic competitor DC has achieved with his “Suicide Squad” will bring Marvel finished and so director Jake Schreier sends a bunch of anti -hero women on a Ascension mission. This means that as the actual mastermind, the well-developed contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) appears, which we already know from previous MCU films. This director of the CIA acts for very selfish reasons because she wants to prevent her position of power by uncovering Machinations is endangered.
Scene from “Thunderbolts*”
Who is Bob?
At first it is not so clear who is on whose side, but soon the fronts and Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh), Red Guardian (David Harbor), Winter Soldier (Sebastian Stan), AVA Starr Aka. Ghost (Hannah John-Kamen), Antonia Dreykov aka. Taskmaster (Olga Kurylenko) and the former replacement captain-America John Walker (Wyatt Russell) have a common goal.
Above all, there is still a mysterious man named Bob (Lewis Pullman), who gradually turns out to be the actual main character. Perhaps he can also become a new hero, but since he seems to have an extremely unstable psyche, you should rather ask whether it is not a big threat. Comic fans are probably the same as listed, because this figure should be aware of them since the turn of the millennium.
Scene from “Thunderbolts*”
A MCU team that convinces
“Thunderbolts*” is clearly a step in the right direction: good old Marvel action without confusing multiverse story, but with a well-thought-out and logically constructed story that remains tricky, is full of surprises and has no lengths. The members of the new team are by no means easy-to-do contemporaries, which can lead to verbal or tangible clashes and there are funny interludes that go primarily to the account of the strong but weak Red Guardian-at most the figure played by Hannah John-Kamen remains a bit pale. Another plus point is Julia Louis-Dreyfus as an eel-like contessa, which knows how to get out of every situation, no matter how delicate and turns a possible defeat into a win.
Scene from “Thunderbolts*”
Pough can show feelings
With Florence Pough in a leading role, not much can actually go wrong and she actually also raises a MCU film to a new level. While actresses in comic films can often complain about one -dimensional roles, they give their opportunity to really do their job emotionally. After all, it is about diving into a dark intermediate realm to drive out inner demons; Because when New York literally experiences a big blackout and threatens to sink into the dark, the Thunderbolts can prove that teamwork pays off.
Scene from “Thunderbolts*”
The secret of the asterisk
But what about the title star now? This sign sees itself as a placeholder, because behind “Thunderbolts*” there is another official title, for which we have to wait until the credits-but at least the wait was completely worth it (and you really can't say that in any Marvel film). These dark heroes in dark times are a real bright spot in the MCU.
4 out of 5 upstairs (behind which 4 out of 5 upstairs are hidden)