Thunderbolts* by Jake Schreier (2025)
I haven’t exactly made a secret of my ambivalence with regards to the current crop of superhero movies. I had some higher hopes for Thunderbolts*, due in large part to its unconventional cast featuring the MCU’s miscreants and ne’er-do-wells led by Florence Pugh’s Yelena Belova. In the end, though, Thunderbolts* is perfectly OK. I enjoyed it marginally more than Captain America: Brave New World, and that was mainly because of David Harbour’s turn as the lovably boorish Red Guardian. I think I’m mainly frustrated because the film had lots of potential but the our protagonists’ chemistry was often forced, Sebastian Stan rarely looked like he wanted to be there, the characters’ personal and psychological turmoil felt shallow, and the film’s big bad was rather underwhelming as far as MCU villains go.
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