Avengers Plus Selected Others Assemble!!

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By Tom Pacak

Friday, I had the opportunity to do what every person will be doing this weekend, next weekend, and the weekend after the next. I saw “Avengers: Infinity War.” It was exhilarating seeing people jump out of their seats during intense moments and when the audience applauded when their favorite Avenger showed up to kick some ass.  For all of those scared of seeing spoilers in this review, you’re in luck. Here is the mostly spoiler-free rundown of the epic “Avengers: Infinity War.”

Taking place after the events of “Thor: Ragnarok” and “Black Panther”, the Avengers are back to stop their biggest and most evil threat yet, Thanos (Josh Brolin). Thanos is the intergalactic bad guy out to steal all of the remaining infinity stones. Brolin does a great job of showing a psychopath who justifies homicide due to a growing population on Earth. Thanos believes this because his planet of Titan had half of its population destroyed. He was one of the only survivors. Once finding all of the stones, Thanos will have the power to destroy half of Earth’s population with the snap of his fingers.

The only thing standing in his way are those meddling Avengers, led by Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), Captain America (Chris Evans), Spiderman (Tom Holland), Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman), Dr. Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch), and those outcast Guardians of the Galaxy. Ant-Man (Paul Rudd) and Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) sit this round out.

The Russos are rock stars in this genre. Their previous efforts “Captain America: Winter Soldier” and “Captain America: Civil War” helped redefine who Captain America was. Here, they try their best at giving every character a fair amount of screen time. Some characters you wish you could see more of but there’s always part 2. It’s a tough task but they succeed at giving the main Avengers screen time. It’s a hoot seeing the two egos of Tony Stark and Dr. Strange but heads. Dr. Strange referring to Tony, as a “Douchebag” is snarky comedy fun. Mark Ruffalo steals every scene he’s in as Bruce Banner who can’t fully transform into Hulk. Seems like Ruffalo still has the comedic energy he showed in “Thor: Ragnarok.” Chris Pratt kills it by showing his jealousy of the almighty God Thor (Chris Hemsworth). Star-Lord starts mocking him to show the insecurity of his weight and power as a leader. Rocket (Bradley Cooper) tells Star-Lord, “you’re one sandwich away from being fat.” The Captain America crew (Cap, Falcon, Black Widow, Bucky) are just there to fight. The romance between Scarlet Witch and Vision is very underdeveloped. That’s all I’ll say, see the film to experience the other fun parts the crew has. 

The Russos obviously set “Avengers: Infinity War” as a part 1 to what has to come for the next sequel. Wait for an intense ending and a nail-biting cliffhanger that makes you wish that the next Avengers film would come out sooner. I can’t wait to see what's in store next for the Avengers!


Note: Now Playing in Theaters. And for the love of God, don’t be that person that spoils the movie for others. Some people don’t have the time to see the film opening weekend.


Rating: 3.5 out of 4 stars

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