The internet naysayers who tried to scuttle this movie should have waited until they watched it - The Marvels is actually rather entertaining and perhaps one of the strongest solo(-ish) MCU outings. Not only acting a a sequel to Captain Marvel, this movie also draws heavily on recent Disney+ series (especially WandaVision, Secret Invasion, Hawkeye and of course Miss Marvel), and although it tries to flash through various backstory points a lot of it will be lost on newcomers. There is an awful lot going on in its relatively short run-time, with main storylines being an avenging Kree gunning for Captain Marvel and trying to bring together two powerful armbands to kickstart the dying homeplanet, the re-settlement of Skrulls and leaking jumppoints dissolving boundaries between space and dimensions, with the central conceit of Danvers, Kamala Khan and Monica Rambeau finding themselves swapping places whenever they use their (interlinked) powers as a result of the portals issue. The film has a very welcome lightness of touch and is a lot of fun, with a couple of sequences that are daft enough to be in a Guardians movie but just about come off on the right side of silly, but the heavier dramatic moments and effective fight scenes balance the movie well. Brie Larson is again excellent as Captain Marvel, Iman Vellani brings the same infectious energy she showed in the Miss Marvel TV show, Teyonah Parris is rock-solid as the grown-up Rambeau, and as a trio they play together really well. With Zawe Ashton making a reasonable villain, a couple of nice cameo appearances, the mostly space-set VFX delivering well and a pace that doesn't let up, The Marvels is enjoyable lightweight fun overall - and how can you resist a film that puts Kamala's wonderful family (from the TV show) in space? The mid-credits sequence is quite a mindblowing reveal that certainly creates anticipation for where the current MCU Phase could head.
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