Thunderbolts* – Jake Schreier (2025)
And yet another branch on the Marvel tree. The use of a limited group of actors for different characters is starting to become confusing.
“Thunderbolts*” plays in a dystopian American city. The first main character is Yelena, a young gun for hire who suffers from “the void”. She wants more in her life, especially in social terms. Later we run into her father, David Harbour, who plays Alexei Shostakov. This “Red Guardian” is also the father the Black Widow, but Yelena’s sister was killed when just a girl.
Anyway, Yelena is sent on a mission where she meets another few old (and ‘demoted’ Captain America, the Winter Soldier) and new (Ghost) fighting machines. Even though they are supposed to kill each other, they cooperate and after a whole series of fighting and shooting, they team up and become the New Avengers.
Just another Marvel with amusing fighting scenes, a descent joke here and there and an overly dramatic plea against loneliness and for friendship.
