AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR

Plot:

Having retrieved the Power Stone from the planet Xandar, the colossal Thanos (Brolin) and his evil army have now overtaken Asgard threatening to kill Thor (Hemsworth) for the Space Stone. When he finally gets the stone he kills Loki (Hiddleston) instead, leaving Thor to mourn among his body and his annihilated world. With two stones in his custom made glove Thanos sends his minions to earth to retrieve the Mind Stone from Vision (Bettany) and the Time Stone from Dr. Strange (Cumberbatch) while he sets out to find the Reality Stone and the Soul Stone. Thanos and his army will stop at nothing, destroying anything or anyone that stands in his way of collecting the remaining four stones. But when Bruce Banner (Ruffalo) who narrowly escaped from Asgard crashes back to Earth he warns  Dr. Strange and then Iron Man (Downey) who must reluctantly assemble the other Avengers to help ward off the pending invasion. Meanwhile Thor is rescued in deep space by Star-Lord (Pratt) and the rest of The Guardians Of The Galaxy to unite and try to stop Thanos from gathering two of the stones from two different planets because if he should get all six of the stones he will be able to destroy half the universe with just the snap of his finger.


Reel Talk:

This film was ten years in the making and boy was it worth the wait. It is a whopper of a movie, full of action and special effects that die hard Marvel Comics fans or action junkies will enjoy. The movie is a roller-coaster ride, with again action, special effects, humor and some saddening moments. Just prepare for the ride. Now to be nearly three hours long, could they have cut some scenes? Yes because even though some scenes were there to build up to a certain scene, they were stiff or should I say plain boring, but they are there to get to a certain point. All your favorite superheros are back with the exception of Jeremy Renner's Hawkeye and while Mark Ruffalo was back as Bruce Banner, I didn't quite understand why The Hulk only made a cameo appearance. Also most of the heroes have been given makeovers which I had to adjust to because you are expecting the normal costumes. This is a good film that will be a bonifide box office blockbuster, so go check it out and make your contribution to the cause. You won't be disappointed.

Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Don Cheadle, Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Holland, Chadwick Boseman, Zoe Saldana, Karen Gillan, Paul Bettany, Elizabeth Olsen, Anthony Mackie, Josh Brolin, Chris Pratt and Tom Hiddleston
Directed by: Anthony Russo and Joe Russo
Rated: PG-13

I give it 4 corn dogs.

By: THE REEL HUSTLER