When Valentina gets pulled into impeachment proceedings, she tries to clean up her own mess by sending her hired mercenaries to kill each other. They figure it out and end up working together to save themselves only to realize the man they saved in the process was one of her experiments.
I’ll tell you no more of the plot because I don’t want to have too many spoilers, but I will say that this is by far the most enjoyable band a flawed characters to appear together since Guardians of the Galaxy. The writers did a great job here making this rag tag band of anti-heroes into something everyone can root for.
Florence Pugh excels as Yelena deals with the grief of losing her sister. Having her as the lead was a wise decision as her arc carries every theme throughout the film. David Harbour brings his usual brand of gruff, everyman humor while also giving us some real emotion. Wyatt Russell owns the part of Walker and leans into the hate his character received in earlier works to give the character a little more depth. Sebastian Stan’s Bucky finally gets to do something useful, and does it on a motorbike no less. Lewis Pullman is surprising as Bob, the man saved when the characters realized they were put against each other by Valentina. And whoever originally cast Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Valentina deserves a raise because she is truly the perfect person to play that brand of politician.
What I loved most about this film is how it deals with mental health, primarily depression and insecurity. That’s the true villain here. It’s a heavy darkness to carry, especially if you deal with it alone. Sometimes, all it takes is someone to look at you and say that you’re not alone to pull you out of it. To keep you from descending into darkness and taking everyone with you when you take it out on them. Yelena seeing the villain for what he was really showed how much she has grown, and seeing her new friends show up to help her after she said mean stuff to them shows their growth as well.
I even liked the post credits scene. Normally I think they are pretty useless, but this one was a decent segue into The Fantastic 4 coming out this summer.
5 out of 5 stars for giving us a real world villain many of us can relate to dealing with.
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When Valentina gets pulled into impeachment proceedings, she tries to clean up her own mess by sending her hired mercenaries to kill each other. They figure it out and end up working together to save themselves only to realize the man they saved in the process was one of her experiments.
I’ll tell you no more of the plot because I don’t want to have too many spoilers, but I will say that this is by far the most enjoyable band a flawed characters to appear together since Guardians of the Galaxy. The writers did a great job here making this rag tag band of anti-heroes into something everyone can root for.
Florence Pugh excels as Yelena deals with the grief of losing her sister. Having her as the lead was a wise decision as her arc carries every theme throughout the film. David Harbour brings his usual brand of gruff, everyman humor while also giving us some real emotion. Wyatt Russell owns the part of Walker and leans into the hate his character received in earlier works to give the character a little more depth. Sebastian Stan’s Bucky finally gets to do something useful, and does it on a motorbike no less. Lewis Pullman is surprising as Bob, the man saved when the characters realized they were put against each other by Valentina. And whoever originally cast Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Valentina deserves a raise because she is truly the perfect person to play that brand of politician.
What I loved most about this film is how it deals with mental health, primarily depression and insecurity. That’s the true villain here. It’s a heavy darkness to carry, especially if you deal with it alone. Sometimes, all it takes is someone to look at you and say that you’re not alone to pull you out of it. To keep you from descending into darkness and taking everyone with you when you take it out on them. Yelena seeing the villain for what he was really showed how much she has grown, and seeing her new friends show up to help her after she said mean stuff to them shows their growth as well.
I even liked the post credits scene. Normally I think they are pretty useless, but this one was a decent segue into The Fantastic 4 coming out this summer.
5 out of 5 stars for giving us a real world villain many of us can relate to dealing with.
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