12 October 2026 – I went with Cinema Club to Showcase Cinema to see ‘Avengers Endgame: Encore’ today. The synopsis on the cinema website was as follows:
“After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War (2018), the universe is in ruins. With the help of remaining allies, the Avengers assemble once more in order to reverse Thanos’ actions and restore balance to the universe.”
The plot was a bit confusing with all that had happened being reversed so that it didn’t happen. Then again, I suppose, usual old time travel reversal. Essentially, the gang were all RE-assembled, and then took 3 hours to deliver on their new reversal mission. Initially, a bit boring, but then all the super powers kicked-in and another lavish Marvel spectacular achievement, taking place, as one could only assume would be the case.
The leading members of the cast were: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans and Mark Ruffalo; and the film was directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo, who have also directed ‘You, Me and Dupree’, ‘Cherry’, ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’, ‘Captain America: Civil War’, ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ and ‘Avengers: Endgame’. The writers were: Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely and Stan Lee.
The plot, setting and acting were standard fare for a Marvel Universe film, with lots of noise and special effects, big and entertaining, with the world resulting in being a happier place by the end. I enjoyed this film, and recommend it to everyone who loves American superhero adventure comics, unless you don’t won’t to sit through a 3-hour film for any reason.
We, in Cinema Club, sat through this re-release in our efforts as oldies to keep-up with the relentless releases from the Marvel universe, and in preparation for the ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ film due in December.
As this was a re-release, I found no comment from Mark Kermode.
I gave it a score of 7, whilst IMDB gave it 8.4, and the Rotten Tomatoes score was 9.4 (94%).
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