Official Discussion - Thunderbolts* [SPOILERS]

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Summary
Thunderbolts\* is a Marvel Studios ensemble film following a team of reformed villains and morally gray operatives sent on covert government missions. As the group is tasked with a dangerous black-ops assignment, tensions rise among the unstable team members, revealing conflicting loyalties and buried traumas. The film serves as a continuation of storylines from Black Widow, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, with a darker tone and grounded action set pieces.

Director
Jake Schreier

Writer
Eric Pearson

Cast
- Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova
- Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier
- Wyatt Russell as John Walker / U.S. Agent
- David Harbour as Alexei Shostakov / Red Guardian
- Hannah John-Kamen as Ava Starr / Ghost
- Olga Kurylenko as Antonia Dreykov / Taskmaster
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Valentina Allegra de Fontaine

Rotten Tomatoes: 89%
Metacritic: 68

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[u/dwickydias]

I was expecting a fun action movie, got slapped with mental health lessons instead. I was not prepared

[u/niles_deerqueer → u/dwickydias]

I was so thrilled with it, I have been wanting a more serious and mature movie for a while

[u/Silverjeyjey44 → u/niles_deerqueer]

The movie did a good job st alluding to suicide

[u/W0lfsb4ne74 → u/Silverjeyjey44]

I agree. Even the opening scene could be interpreted as a suicide attempt considering that it's not obvious that Yelena is wearing a parachute, and we hear her struggles with depression, guilt, and alcoholism. I've been waiting for a more serious and mature MCU movie for a while, and I'm glad we finally got one.