The Marvels – Movie Review
Director: Nia DaCosta
Writer: Nia DaCosta, Megan McDonnell, Elissa Karasik (Screenplay)
Cast
- Brie Larson (Room)
- Teyonah Parris (If Beale Street Could Talk)
- Iman Vellani (Ms. Marvel)
- Samuel L Jackson (Deep Blue Sea)
- Zawa Ashton (Velvet Buzzsaw)
Plot: Carol Danvers gets her powers entangled with those of Kamala Khan and Monica Rambeau, forcing them to work together to save the universe.
Runtime: 1 Hour 45 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Story: The Marvels starts when Carol Danvers (Larson), Monica Rambeau (Parris) and Kamala Khan (Vellani) start swapping positions in the universe. As the three are flying through the universe, they learn that Dar-Benn (Ashton) is behind things. Dar-Benn wants revenge on Carol for destroying her world and has been gaining the power to fight back.
Carol, Monica and Kamala must learn how to handle their powers to win this battle. However, the journey takes them to new worlds that offer new threats the three must adapt to. As the three learn to work together they face a threat that only their own skills can handle.
Verdict on The Marvels
The Marvels is the latest action movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. This time we return to Carol Danvers who is joined by two new humans with powers Monica Rambeau and Kamala Khan. They keep swapping and must learn to control their powers to stop a new threat coming to the universe.
This is only the second Captain Marvel driven story and it has already become confusing. It is hard to understand who Monica and Kamela are, with a snippet to describe who they are. The villain feels like she has been ripped out of Star Trek. While the action doesn’t do anything we haven’t seen before. This might sound like a lot of criticism, but it is more fatigue from too many superhero movies with uninteresting heroes. In the end, this finishes the year for the MCU with another forgettable addition to the series.
Where to Watch
Final Thoughts – The Marvels is the latest struggle to make an impact in the MCU.
2 replies on “The Marvels (2023) Movie Review”
You know when a great sports team goes into a losing streak and no one can figure out why? That’s Marvel – except you look at post-Endgame and see way to many TV spinoffs, a lack of compelling new superheroes to follow, and a increasingly smug attitude that led to the nadir of “Eternals.” They have a big hole to dig out of after ruining their brand…great review as always, love your insight
Thanks for reading, strangely Eternals is one of the few I liked post end game. I liked how it didn’t feel connected for once