FILM
THUNDERBOLTS*
The Thunderbolts feel ropey;
Bucky Barnes goes full biker;
Bob finds an invisible wall.
THERE WAS AN IDEA, TO BRING TOGETHER (ANOTHER) GROUP...
★★★
OUT NOW / 12A / 127 MINS
DIRECTOR Jake Schreier
CAST Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, Wyatt Russell, Lewis Pullman, David Harbour, Hannah John-Kamen, Julia Louis-Dreyfus
PLOT After being hired by Valentina Allegra de Fontaine (Louis-Dreyfus), a group of mercenaries find themselves teaming up.
IF THE AVENGERS are Marvel’s A-team, the Thunderbolts feel a little like the B-team. In the comics, they were a team of anti-heroes who filled the gap when the Avengers were all killed; in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, they’re a ragtag band of Suicide Squad-esque mercs, cobbled together in a series of post-credit stings by the mysterious Valentina Allegra de Fontaine (Julia LouisDreyfus, going full Evil Veep), who is stepping into a (super)power vacuum with dark designs.