June/July Live Magazine 2018

WRITTEN BY SCOTT SOWTER
AVENGERS: INFINIT
With a crash and a boom Avengers
Infinity has finally burst onto our screens.
Marvel’s ten years of hard work and world
building has all come to the fore in their
most ambitious film yet. But can Infinity
War possibly live up to the hype? We
have waited for Thanos to crash the party
since he showed up at the end of the first
Avengers. Well the wait is over.
Infinity War pits the Avengers and the
Guardians of the Galaxy against Thanos,
the baddest bad guy that ever bad... ed.
Thanos is seeking the Infinity Stones.
Powerful artefacts that grant the owner
near omnipotence. Thanos seeks to
balance the universe, aka, kill half of all life
in the universe. This he claims will set things
right.
From the get go Infinity War wastes no time
in showing us how break neck it’s pace will
be. Opening where Thor Ragnarok ended
we are given a full taste of Thanos’s power
when he beats the Hulk like a drum. From
there we know this dude means business
and the adventure just powers forward.
The film is relentless in it’s pace. We meet
all our favourite characters as we launch
from place to place in scene to scene. The
film simply never slows down. Which is a
good thing given how much content there
is covered in this war. It really does feel like
a war! There is fighting on many fronts and
sacrifices will be made. Needless to say not
every Avenger will be making it out of this
one alive.
Infinity War shines in it’s writing and
execution. The Russo Brothers who were
behind the amazing Captain America
Winter Soldier (perhaps still the best film
in the MCU) bring their signature flavour to
the film. Amazing wit and solid direction.
These guys proved they know how to give
us delightful comedy one minute and heart
wrenching pain the next. The film moves
fairly seamlessly under their guidance and
they execute one of the finest juggling acts
in cinema history.