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- Marvel Studios released Thunderbolts on May 1, 2025, a $200 million MCU film centered on a team of antiheroes led by Yelena Belova in Kuala Lumpur.
- The film follows a group of disgraced operatives forced by Valentina Allegra de Fontaine to complete a mission to neutralize and possibly eliminate one another.
- The cast includes Florence Pugh as Yelena, Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes, David Harbour as Red Guardian, and introduces Bob, aka The Sentry, a powerful but damaged lab experiment.
- Critics gave Thunderbolts three out of four stars, noting its dark humor, psychological themes, and the flagship stunt of Yelena jumping off Merdeka 118 as a highlight.
- Thunderbolts aims to revive the MCU’s faltering momentum by exploring mental health and identity within a flawed team, suggesting the franchise will continue through 2027 with the Avengers' return.
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‘Thunderbolts*’ review: Tormented superheroes in the first pretty-good Marvel movie in a while
Most comics-derived superhero movies really wouldn’t be much of anything without buried rage, and what happens when it won’t stay buried. Their stories’ relentless emphasis on childhood trauma and the crippling psychological load carried by broken souls (heroes and villains both) — that’s the whole show. With its adorable little asterisk in the title, “Thunderbolts*” goes further than most Marvels in its focus on psychological torment, mental he…
Florence Pugh, from the indie cinema to Marvel's great hope: "I felt shattered when they told me: 'No way, we're not going to throw away the protagonist of the tallest building in the world'"
The actress reviews the challenges of becoming a brand image of the superhero franchise and, by the way, enter the book Guinness by jumping from 679 meters high for the initial scene of Thunderbolts* Read
'Thunderbolts*' review: aggy antiheroes make Marvel fun again
Thunderbolts*, the 36th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), begins boldly. The camera pans to the world’s second tallest building, Merdeka 118 in Kuala Lumpur before lovable Black Widow assassin Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh) jumps off. It’s a stunt worthy of Tom Cruise that Pugh, ever the savvy saleswoman, says she begged Marvel bosses to agree to. READ MORE: How Son Lux brought experimental post-rock energy to Marvel’s ‘Thunderbolts*’…
‘Thunderbolts*’ Review: Marvel’s Best Movie in Years Struggles to Outrun the Emptiness of the Mega-Franchise It’s Trying So Hard to Save
Florence Pugh's performance anchors 'Thunderbolts,' a back-to-basics Marvel movie that tries to restore the focus on characters over spectacle.
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