Marvel movie mash-up is INFINITELY DISAPPOINTING

In Avengers: Infinity War, Thanos (Josh Brolin) has come to claim the Infinity Stones and destroy half the universe. Now the Avengers, the Guardians of the Galaxy and other loved Marvel superheroes must band together to defend all the worlds.

Warning: this film is the first of two parts. If you had a problem with this creative decision implemented in other film series, like Harry Potter and Hunger Games, then this is really going to irritate you.

Infinity War has some entertaining moments, mainly stemming from all the established characters now interacting with one another. When you put arrogant characters like Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr), Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) and Star-Lord (Chris Pratt) all together, they are inevitably going to butt heads.

Due to the large cast, with more than 20 superheroes appearing, not all the characters get a good amount of screen time. The time is instead spent on action scene after action scene, though I’ll admit those were fun to watch.

Thanos is also terribly written, as the filmmakers attempt to make him sympathetic. You cannot make a character who commits genocide sympathetic!

Also, you cannot watch this film without seeing any of the previous instalments, otherwise nothing you see is going to make sense.

I was almost willing to forgive the film of these flaws if it hadn’t been for the ending. Oh lord, that ending. I won’t spoil it, but I will say this. If you are in any way attached to these characters, prepare to have the train that is your emotions set aflame, shot off the rails to crash into oblivion and burn.

To sum it up, I really didn’t care for this film. Don’t bother seeing it in cinemas. Just wait until Avengers 4 comes out, then borrow this movie so you understand what’s going on.