Avengers: Infinity War (dir. Anthony & Joe Russo)

[It’s] a sprawling epic of insane highs and plenty of flaws with its share of problems juggling so many characters and taking on the task of paying off ten years of continuity and the eighteen films that preceded it. Sadly, the Russos essentially invalidate much of the stakes (and many other films’ entire plots) by the end of things. As we know, in the comics, world-changing events seldom last and there’s surely going to be a reset or undoing in the still untitled fourth Avengers film due out next summer—unless Marvel suddenly decides they hate making money.

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