Avengers: Endgame (2019) Movie Review

AVENGERS: ENDGAME (2019) MOVIE REVIEW

Since it's inception in 2008, the Marvel cinematic universe has been through its fair share of struggle and success. Beginning with Jon Favreau's portrayal of Iron Man, his take on super hero movies ultimately paved the way for the near two dozen films that would follow. Introducing new characters and fan favourites to general audiences would prove invaluable for Marvel as the amount of critical and commercial success garnered in the years to come would help shape these films into a household name. All of which has led us to the final film of the first saga of Marvel movies, aptly named Endgame. 

After the events of Infinity War, the surviving heroes of the universe must assemble one final time to undo Thanos' extinction of half of all living beings and bring order back to the universe. At the end of Infinity War, considering the theme of that film was failure, the logical step for this movie was to build up the emotion of triumph and make it seem like the Avengers have a real chance to undo everything. Which is built upon tremendously. Throughout Endgame you really do get the feeling that this is the final Marvel movie despite the fact that this is only the final film in this saga. Still a massive deal regardless. The way the remaining Avenger's plan is executed as believably as a film starring a talking raccoon can be believable. Realism, however, isn't something you shouldn't be looking for when it comes to superhero films but when it comes to emotion, you can bet your bottom dollar Endgame has plenty of. 

Avengers: Endgame is one of those rare superhero movies that hold so much genuine emotion that it takes you by surprise and shock. Taking into account the events that occurred in Avengers: Infinity War, Endgame builds on those events and amps it up to eleven more or less straight out of the gate. Despite the three hour run-time, the movie does not feel like its advertised length and actually makes the audience want more from it. Alot of this is aided by the star-studded cast featured from the previous movies in the cinematic universe. Majority of the superheroes and villains featured do a great job at capturing the emotion and torment brought upon them considering the circumstances. Standout actors and actresses include Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark and Chris Evans as Steve Rogers who both bring new layers and ultimately become their characters in the best performances of their characters yet. Also coming into their own in the franchise is Karen Gillan as Nebula who is given actual emotions and character arcs to work with to make Nebula arguably one of the main characters in this movie which Karen goes a great job at doing. 

Overall, Avengers: Endgame is one of the hardest movies for me to rate. There was so much to enjoy in a penultimate movie like this that it transcends being just another film to rate but rather an event as it truly is the end of an era/saga. It has taken over 20 movies and over a decade but it has finally reached its kind of conclusion. And the Russo Bros. absolutely knocked it out of the park and despite all legitimise criticism I could give this film, I'm not going to be giving Avengers: Endgame a traditional score out of ten this time around but rather sum it up with this phrase...

'...22 Films, 12 Years, 1 Endgame.'