Saturday, 7 September 2019

DVD: Avengers Endgame (dirs: Joe and Anthony Russo, 2019)

"Let's go get this son of a bitch!"

Not one for casual filmgoers, if you have not seen the last decade's worth of Marvel movies then Endgame will make little sense.  However, it is not by accident that this film has become the biggest box-office champion of all time (at time of writing), with its incredible scale of story and action, superlative effects and closure for the original core Avengers team.  For the fans, the ramifications of the genuinely shocking ending of Infinity War are dealt with maturely and surprisingly sensitively, the emotional beats really have impact throughout the film, and the re-building of the team over the course of the film is skilfully handled, with a huge and apt finale that is both rousing and convincing.   It will be interesting to see how audiences respond to the next wave of characters to be introduced, but for now Marvel is to be applauded for its achievement, ambition and quality over the series of mostly-linked and very entertaining films.

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