The Marvels 4K 2023 2160p WEB-DL

A sequel to the co-starring Carol Danvers (Brie Larson), better known as Captain Marvel. Unlike the original, the main plot of the sequel will unfold in modern times. Being in the status of a full-fledged leader of the Avengers, Danvers will begin an aggressive fight against the Skrulls and Kree, evil aliens seeking to take over the planet. She will be aided in this effort by Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson), Ms. Marvel (Imana Velani), and Monica Rambeau (Teyonah Parris). Zave Ashton will appear as the Marvels' main antagonist.

The Marvels 4K Review
Public fatigue with superhero blockbusters is gaining shocking momentum - the new ambitious crossover "Marvels", which was supposed to be the highlight of the fifth wave of KVM, showed one of the worst box office debuts in the history of the studio - only $47 million in its first weekend (worse only for "Hulk" and the first "Ant-Man"). And that's despite the fact that "Marvels" is not just a sequel, but a crossover that combines the superhero series with the main franchise, bringing a whole host of new characters to the wide screen. In fact, Marvel bosses are assembling a second "Avengers" team, made up of mostly women at the moment - to please current social trends. Alas, complimentarity zaytgaystu no bonuses "Marvels" did not give - the Western press also took the movie very cool. It so happened that what was supposed to be a new era of KVM, suddenly turns out to be its sunset. The second installment of "Captain Marvel" is a perfect reflection of the crisis of ideas that Mouse Studios is currently in.

In the past, Carol Danvers (Brie Larson) destroys the Higher Intelligence of the planet Hala, which leads to the start of a civil war among the alien Kree race. New Kree leader Dar-Benn (Zavi Ashton) finds half of the Quantum Bands, which grants her the ability to manipulate energy - the same power possessed by Ms. Marvel Kamala Khan (Iman Vellani). Dar-Benn is intent on getting revenge on Danvers and breaking the fragile truce between the race of humans and the Skrulls. Meanwhile, Danvers herself discovers some kind of invisible connection to Monica Rambo (Taiona Parris) and Kamala Khan - each time the girls' powers are used, they literally switch places, causing a big commotion. Teaming up, the superheroines decide to explore their powers, and at the same time fight back against the menacingly advancing Dar-Benn.

It's not easy to get into what's going on in "Marvel" - watching the movie itself involves some homework: viewers need to remember the events of the first "Captain Marvel", and at the same time familiarize themselves with the mini-series with Monica Rimbaud ("WandaVision") and Kamala Khan ("Ms. Marvel"). Ideally, don't miss "Secret Invasion," which more or less covers the story of the uneasy relationship between Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) and the Skrulls, who arrived on Earth thirty years ago to live secretly among humans. Obviously, only the most ardent Marvel fans will bother with so much context, but they are proving to be fewer and fewer every year. Carol Danvers, according to the producers' plan, should take the place of the leader of the new "Avengers", but she does not enjoy the love of the audience. The same can be said about Monica Rimbaud, who for most of the previous phase appears only in the background. Those few who did watch the Ms. Marvel mini-series were probably charmed by Kamala Khan, but she is destined to be a kind of buffoon in the Marvels, who clearly doesn't qualify as an opinion leader.

It is clear that on one star Brie Larson's tittle will not go far, but the director of "Marvels" Nia DaCosta ("Candyman") is not that much trying. Bringing in independent directors like James Gunn and Taika Waititi once helped Marvel take the quality of its synthetic productions to the next level, but the case of Chloe Zhao's failed "Eternals" showed that not every creative mind is capable of handling the superhero scale and the studio's production dictatorship. In an attempt to diversify the textbook story about the struggle between right and wrong, Dacosta turns to postmodernism, experimenting in every possible way with the art form, turns the movie into a space opera, or a Disney musical, but each time hits the mark. The only thing in "Marvels" that unmistakably hits the mark is Goose. Dacosta uses the nation's love of kitties as a weapon of mass destruction and wins - though for exactly one scene.

As a feminist manifesto, "Marvels" is also hard to take - and that's considering that the vast majority of characters are women. The same "Avengers" that Dacosta's movie is trying so desperately to equal, always attracted audiences with a motley crew of superheroes who, despite all the contradictions, remained a big and friendly family until the end. In "Marvels," Carol, Monica and Kamala have extremely similar abilities, varying only in the type of energy manipulation - it's not easy to tell one from the other, and dynamically, it doesn't brighten up the movie in any way. Dacosta takes the metaphor of sisterhood too literally, smoothing over all the sharp edges and trying in every way to prove to the world that the only enemy of Earth women is alien women. Paradoxically, in her attempt to turn her characters into flawless fem-icons, Dacosta actually sterilizes them, forgetting that the presence of multiple identities always implies conflict, and that the notion of the ideal woman is a byproduct of the toxic patriarchy she herself is fighting.