Those secretive fatcats at Marvel actually did it!!! Avengers: Infinity War is the streamlined, genuinely epic 10 years-in-the-making event film that I never in a million years expected the comic book juggernaut to pull off. While it might not the "most ambitious crossover event in history" (that title still goes to Scooby Doo Meets the Harlem Globetrotters), Infinity War has a secret weapon that all of its predecessors lacked: an imposing villain. Thanos, who is played with maximum menace by Josh Brolin, feels like a legitimate threat to the abundance of species that are present in this universe. The fact that this legion of united heroes are in real danger for the entire film ups the emotional stakes while also establishing a true edge-of-your seat feeling that made every moment wildly compelling. It's going to be really difficult to wait a full year to see how this bleak, engrossing and dense yet never overwhelming story concludes.
Grade: A
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