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‘Thunderbolts*’ Review: Marvel’s Fun 2.O Supporting Superheroes Launch Is Sort Of A Discount Avengers Startgame
A review of Thunderbolts* which tells the origin story of the ragtag anti-heroes who live in the shadow of Avengers glory but strive to prove worthy
Just put together a ragtag bunch of anti-heroes culled from past franchise entries and turn them into a not-ready-for-primetime fighting team forced to save America and -PRESTO – you have the Thunderbolts but with a, uh, asterisk in the title which cheekily means the Avengers we know and love and miss just weren’t available for superheroics this time around. Joining up will be good old Winter Soldier Bucky Barnes ( Sebastian Stan) who is now a freshman congressman determined to fight the baddies (including Valentina) from the inside but like MIchael in Godfather 3 is pulled back in just when he thought he was out, and the wild card Alexei ( David Harbour) picking up some of the group in his Red Guardian car as they are chased by imposing tanks down a highway. Director Jack Schreier who was imported from the Netflix limited series Beef, is more interested in the “human” elements here than a lot of fancy CGI trickery Marvel has been so fond of in the past, and so there is much to uncover as this group of anti-heroes, not seeing themselves as “heroes” at all, deal with issues of trust, betrayal, and just who they really are.
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