Thunderbolts Review: How Marvel’s Misfits and Anti-Heroes Filled The Avengers Void

Thunderbolts Review: How Marvel’s Misfits and Anti-Heroes Filled The Avengers Void | Giant Mess

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Giant Mess podcast host and movie lover Neal Lynch reviews Marvel’s Thunderbolts* movie, the 36th film in the MCU and final movie of Phase 5.

After finding themselves ensnared in a death trap, an unconventional team of antiheroes must embark on a dangerous mission that will force them to confront the darkest corners of their pasts.

Thunderbolts* is a Marvel Studios ensemble film following a team of reformed villains and morally gray operatives sent on covert government missions. As the group is tasked with a dangerous black-ops assignment, tensions rise among the unstable team members, revealing conflicting loyalties and buried traumas. The film serves as a continuation of storylines from Black Widow, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, with a darker tone and grounded action set pieces.

Director: Jake Schreier

Writers: Eric Pearson, Joanna Calo

CAST:

Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Valentina Allegra de Fontaine
Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova
Sebastian Stan as Congressman Bucky Barnes
Lewis Pullman as Robert Reynolds / Sentry / The Void
David Harbour as Alexei Shostakov / Red Guaridan
Wyatt Russell as John Walker / U.S. Agent
Hannah John-Kamen as Ava Starr / Ghost
Olga Kurylenko as Antonia Dreykov / Taskmaster

Timestamps:

00:00 – Intro

02:40 – All the versions of the Thunderbolts teams in the comics

08:50 – How the MCU’s Thunderbolts movie was developed

17:48 – MCU’s Phase 5 Review

25:00 – Thunderbolts Synopsis, Director, Writers

41:33 – Thunderbolts Cast Performance Review

1:18:42 – Thunderbolts Movie Plot Review

2:38:44 – Did Thunderbolts Post-Credits Scene Spoil Future Release?

2:41:30 – Thunderbolts Movie Opening Weekend Box Office

2:42:28 – Is Thunderbolts Best MCU Movie Since Avengers: Endgame (2019)?

2:44:58 – Previewing MCU Phase 6 Movies

2:53:00 – Final Thoughts / Outro / What’s Coming Up

ABOUT NEAL LYNCH:

I’m an Irish-Italian-American who graduated from 1) a Catholic high school (even though I’m not Catholic), and 2) a college known for producing doctors and lacrosse players, then became neither. I was a former 4th string college quarterback and middle relief pitcher who thought an overpriced film and media studies degree was a smart choice. Now, I’m a single dad who likes to blog, vlog, podcast, write, edit, optimize, strategize, and over-analyze.

ABOUT “GIANT MESS”:

“Giant Mess” is a sloppy sports and entertainment podcast hosted by a giant mess, the Real Cinch Neal Lynch. Neal’s a single dad who loves to talk New York Giants football, Mets baseball, movies, TV shows, and comedy. The podcast has movie reviews, tv show recaps and reactions, post-game analysis, predictions, and funny stories about life.

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