The lights go down, the movie starts and within the first five minutes someone dies, but it's not one of the insignificant baddies, it's one of my favourite characters (??? Why did you do that Marvel), just like that at the hands of Thanos...
Suddenly, our heroes don't have the upper hand, their safety isn't guaranteed because Thanos simply cannot be destroyed- can he?
What follows is an epic battle, seamlessly brought together by an enormous creative team. Each character is carefully brought into the fight, each one given the focus they deserve yet not distracting from the tremendous story that is unfolding. Split into unlikely groups, our heroes work together to try and protect the Infinity Stones, and save each other, and the world- not too much of a challenge right? Well actually, quite shockingly-wrong.
Moment after epic moment, it's impossible to look away as groupings like Star-Lord, Iron Man, Spider-Man and Doctor Strange use everything in their power, and I mean everything, to achieve the ultimate goal, but nothing seems to work as it should.
There's only so much I can say without giving anything away, but what is clear is the stakes are higher than ever. Marvel has done a brilliant job at bringing all these incredible universes together and the result is amazing. What I would add is that so many of our favourites actually DIE and it's incredibly sad and unexpected- it can't be final right? Here's hoping they will be saved in the next act- there are so many heroes with countless incredible tricks up their majestic sleeves, surely even one could bring them back (please)!
5 out of 5
