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Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

Tags: Second Tier, Career Trajectory: Superstar, Supporting Role, Action!, Passes the Bechdel Test, On Blu-Ray, On DVD in Region 1, On DVD in Region 2, On DVD in Region 4, Rated PG-13

Summary

In the first half of the finale of Marvel's decade long miniseries, 10 years worth of movie characters (minus Hawkeye) show up to try to stop a big purple alien from collecting some space gems.

Director

Joe and Anthony Russo

Downey Factor

There are like a hundred characters fighting for screentime. He has about 18 minutes on screen which is more than everyone else, but relatively low for a 300-minute long movie

Character

Tony Stark, elder statesman and wealthy benefactor of the Avengers.

Looks

Like he's been doing this for awhile.

Performance

A bit of typical quippy Stark, a bit of dark and defeated Stark.

Line

Peter Parker: What is this guy's problem, Mr. Stark?
Tony Stark: Uh, he's from space, he came here to steal a necklace from a wizard.

Love & Sex

Pepper Potts makes a brief appearance.

Dies, Gay or Villain

Spoiler: no.

Cast

Josh Brolin, Benedict Cumberbatch, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Cobie Smulders, Scarlett Johansson, Anthony Mackie, Samuel L. Jackson, Sebastian Stan, Tom Holland, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Bettany, Zoe Saldana, Brie Larson, Chadwick Boseman, Peter Dinklage

Connection

Mark Ruffalo in Zodiac, The Avengers, Iron Man 3, The Avengers: Age of Ultron and Avengers: Endgame. Chris Evans in The Avengers, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America: Civil War, Spider-Man: Homecoming and Avengers: Endgame. Chris Hemsworth and Cobie Smulders in The Avengers, The Avengers: Age of Ultron and Avengers: Endgame. Scarlett Johansson in Iron Man 2, The Avengers, The Avengers: Age of Ultron, Chef, Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Endgame. Samuel L. Jackson in Iron Man, Iron Man 2, The Avengers, The Avengers: Age of Ultron, and Avengers: Endgame and Hail Caesar. Chadwick Boseman, Paul Rudd and Sebastian Stan in Joe and Anthony Russo's Captain America: Civil War and Avengers: Endgame. Tom Holland in Captain America: Civil War, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Avengers: Endgame and Dolittle. Elizabeth Olsen and Anthony Mackie in The Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America: Civil War and Avengers: Endgame. Paul Bettany in Iron Man, Iron Man 2, Iron Man 3, The Avengers, The Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America: Civil War and Avengers: Endgame. Stan Lee in Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man 2, Iron Man 3, The Avengers, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America: Civil War and Spider-Man: Homecoming. Idris Elba in Avengers: Age of Ultron. William Hurt in The Incredible Hulk, Captain America: Civil War and Avengers: Endgame. Tom Hiddleston in The Avengers and Avengers: Endgame. Don Cheadle in Iron Man 2, Iron Man 3. Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America: Civil War and Avengers: Endgame. Gwyneth Paltrow in Iron Man, Iron Man 2, Iron Man 3 and The Avengers, Spider-Man: Homecoming and Avengers: Endgame. Kerry Condon in Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America: Civil War, Spider-Man: Homecoming and Avengers: Endgame. Jacob Batalon in Spider-Man: Homecoming and Avengers: Endgame.

RDJ Says

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Lit Reference

Infinity War and other comic books from Marvel.

Time & Place

Present day New York and various made-up locations on earth and in outer space

Availability

Released in theaters on 27 Apr 2018, on DVD and Blu-ray everywhere in the universe.

Rotten Tomatoes

84% Fresh

Critical View

Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle:The very best moments in Avengers: Infinity War are playful, involving minor clashes between the flashy characters. In an early scene, Tony Stark is cooing with his girlfriend, Pepper on a city street, when Dr. Strange arrives inside a circle of fire ... What briefly follows is the fun of watching the movie's two most smug, self-satisfied people get on each other's nerves.

Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times: The final twists pack a nice jolt, but I couldn't take them seriously: They remind me of nothing so much as a silly narrative stunt from Days of Our Lives circa 2003 — which makes sense, considering the MCU has become Hollywood's most endlessly renewable big-screen soap opera.

Gossip

In a deleted scene, Pepper and Tony discuss potential wedding dates and she suggests August 27, the date that RDJ married Susan.

2 Reasons to See It

1. You like endurance challenges. Because either you love comics and have to endure all your faves getting obliterated, or you don't love comics and have to endure 300 minutes of CGI fights and in-jokes between an endless parade of characters you barely recognize.
2. BBC Sherlock calls movie Sherlock a douchebag, to his face.

Overall

Almost everyone dies in this interplanetary no-stakes adventure that promises the Avengers will win in the sequel, because literally anything can be undone with the big deus ex machina glove.

If You Liked It

You might also like Shakespearean tragedies, telethons or other long events chock full of celebrity cameos.

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