The Marvels

The Kree want vengeance. When Captain Marvel destroyed their ruling AI, her actions resulted in civil war and caused catastrophe on their homeworld of Hala. When the Kree leader, Dar-Benn, finds a quantum band (Ms. Marvel has the other), she obtains the power necessary to rip holes in space-time, creating damaged jumpgates, which she uses to drain other worlds in hopes of restoring Hala. Can Captain Marvel, Ms. Marvel, and Monica Rambeau—all of whom have light-related powers—stop her in time?

I think this was my first MCU film in a year and a half; I have "MCU fatigue" and didn't bother watching the numerous TV shows, and the post-Endgame films have seemed sprawling and directionless. Anyway, I went into this knowing it was panned, so my expectations were low. It was okay. This is basically a sequel to Captain Marvel, though it helps if you've seen the TV series Ms. Marvel (I hadn't), Wanda-Vision (I had but forgot most of it), and Secret Invasion (I skipped this one, too). I spent the first half of the movie rather lost and suspecting my MCU knowledge is too far gone to continue watching these films. But things were explained as the story progressed, meaning I kinda got it. The story is okay (if predictable), the visuals were good, the humor decent. Like other recent MCU offerings, though, I don't really get how this fits in to the bigger picture.

Rating: C+