Tag: Thunderbolts*

Thunderbolts* Year: 2025 Rating: PG-13 Length: 127 minutes / 2.12 hours The problem with a movie like Thunderbolts* (2025) isn’t necessarily that it feels like yet another reboot of Suicide Squad (2016) but that there are already so many of the heroes in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) that have hardly had any meaningful character development so why are we now collecting these semi-villains to fill an obvious gap left by the disbanding of the original Avengers after Endgame (2019)? Sure, it’s fun and the group of anti-heroes shows promise, but it doesn’t quite telegraph a purpose in the larger MCU (similar to how Eternals (2021) kinda went nowhere). I will give Thunderbolts* some credit: it does a good job of highlighting the mental health struggles of these second-string quasi-heroes who have checkered pasts. The last time we had anything close to this was Tony Stark’s PTSD in Iron Man 3 (2013). And with the introduction of another powerful hero who has dangerous side effects...