![]() ![]() ![]() Thanos catches us off-guard with moments of vulnerability, particularly during his interactions with adopted daughter Gamora. No Marvel villain thus far can contend with Thanos on a physical level, but what’s truly refreshing is that the filmmakers don’t simply make him a power-hungry god. With the complete package, Thanos is capable of virtually anything, including wiping out half the population with a snap. Armed with a weapon known as the Infinity Gauntlet, Thanos sets out to find the remaining Infinity Stones. Having briefly appeared in several movies already, no baddie has been built up like Thanos and Infinity War doesn’t disappoint with his grand arrival. Of course the real star here is the villainous Thanos, played by an especially sinister Josh Brolin. If anything, each subplot is given just the right amount of attention. Although the story jumps around constantly and juggles countless characters, it never feels overstuffed or unbalanced. Even less popular heroes like Scarlet Witch and Vision are given a lot more to chew on here. The film additionally includes several dream team-ups with Iron Man brainstorming alongside Doctor Strange and Star-Lord getting jealous of Thor’s rugged good looks. While there are a couple notable omissions, the filmmakers compensate for this with some of the best cameos of recent memory. This movie not only assembles the Avengers, but pretty much every major MCU hero, from Spider-Man to Black Panther to the Guardians of the Galaxy. The good news is that Infinity War will leave you pumped to run for the home stretch … at least after taking a much-needed breather. We still have two more movies until the fourth Avengers comes out in 2019. What makes Infinity War all the more exhausting is that it’s not even the end of the MCU’s third phase. Come to think of it, the MCU on the whole has been a marathon that’s spanned 10 years and almost 20 outings. Walking out of the theater, you feel as if you just ran a marathon. Even while typing this review, my nerves are still shot and my brain is still struggling to process everything that transpired on the silver screen. In all the years I’ve worked as a critic, no film has left me breathless quite like Infinity War did. Bigger doesn’t always equal better, but in this case, going big pays off in marvelous ways. Turns out that directors Anthony and Joe Russo were actually holding out on us, as Avengers: Infinity War makes everything that came before look like a slight brawl. A couple years after that, we got Captain America: Civil War, which seemed like the Marvel movie to outdo all others. When Marvel brought six of its established heroes together for The Avengers, it seemed as if they had topped themselves and this universe couldn’t possibly become more ambitious. When Iron Man hit theaters in 2008, audiences were given just a small dose of the phenomenon that would become the MCU. ![]()
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