Avengers: Endgame Review

Avengers: Endgame

Release Date: 24th April 2019 - Australia

Production Companies

Marvel Studios

Distribution

Walt Disney Studios Motion
Pictures Australia

Genre: Action

Rating: M

Runtime: 181 minutes

Budget: $400,000,000

Box Office Gross: $2,797,501,328 (Worldwide)

Plot Summary

With Thanos' plan succeeding after he wipes out half of the universe, Tony Stark and Captain America, Black Widow, and the other Avengers assemble once more when they devise a solution. With the help of Scott Lang, they must reverse the Mad Titan's actions and bring back the people already extinguished by Thanos.

Cast

Chris Evans - Steve Rogers/

Captain America

Robert Downey Jr. - Tony Stark/Iron Man

Scarlett Johannson - Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow

Brie Larson - Carol Danvers/
Captain Marvel

Chris Hemsworth - Thor

Mark Ruffalo - Bruce Banner/
The Hulk

Bradley Cooper - Rocket Raccoon (Voice)

Paul Rudd - Scott Lang/

Ant-Man

Don Cheadle - Lt. James

Rhodes/War Machine

Jeremy Renner - Clint Barton/Hawkeye

Josh Brolin - Thanos

Karen Gillian - Nebula

Chris Pratt - Peter Quill/

Star-Lord

Zoe Saldana - Gamora

Dave Baustia - Drax the
Destroyer

Pom Klementieff - Mantis

Vin Diesel - Groot (Voice)

Terry Notary - On-Set Groot/
Cull Obsidian

Benedict Cumberbatch -

Doctor Strange

Tom Holland - Peter Parker/
Spider-Man

Chadwick Boseman - T'Challa/Black Panther

Elizabeth Olsen - Wanda

Maximoff/Scarlet Witch

Anthony Mackie - Sam Wilson/The Falcon

Sebastian Stan - Bucky

Barnes/Winter Solider

Winston Duke - M'Baku

Danai Gurira - Okoye

Florence Kasumba - Ayo

Letitia Wright - Shuri

Tom Hiddleston - Loki

Tom Vaughan-Lawlor - Ebony May

Carrie Coon - Proxima Midnight (Voice) (Uncredited)

Michael James Shaw - Corvus Glaive

Tessa Thompson - Valkyrie

Taika Waititi - Korg (Voice)

Gwyneth Paltrow - Pepper Potts

Jon Favreau - Happy Hogan

Evangeline Lilly - Hope Pym/
The Wasp
Michael Douglas - Hank Pym

Sean Gunn - On-Set Rocket

Tilda Swinton - The Ancient One

Benedict Wong - Wong

William Hurt - Secretary of

State Thaddeus Ross (Cameo)

Callan Mulvey - Jack Rollins

John Slattery - Howard Stark

Robert Redford - Alexander Pierce (Cameo)

Frank Grillo - Brock Rumlow (Cameo)
Maximiliano Hernandez -
Agent Sitwell (Cameo)
Linda Cardellini - Laura Barton
Ben Sakamoto - Cooper Barton
Ava Russo - Lila Barton
Cade Woodward - Nathaniel Barton
Alexandra Rachael Rabe - Morgan Stark
Ross Marquand - Red Skull (Stonekeeper)
Emma Fuhrmann - Cassie Lang
Hiroyuki Sanada - Akihido

Kerry Condon - F.R.I.D.A.Y. (Voice)

Samuel L. Jackson - Nick Fury (Cameo)

Cobie Smulders - Maria Hill

(Cameo)

Hayley Atwell - Peggy Carter

Ty Simpkins - Harley Keener

(Cameo)

Stan Lee - Driver (Cameo)

James D'Arcy - Jarvis (Cameo)

Natalie Portman - Jane Foster (Cameo)

Marisa Tomei - Aunt May

(Cameo)

Jacob Batalon - Ned (Cameo)

Angela Bassett - Ramona

(Cameo)

Rene Russo - Frigga

Michelle Pfeiffer - Janet Van Dyne

Jackson A. Dunn - Scott Lang (12 Y.O.)
Lee Moore - Scott Lang (93 Y.O.)
Bazlo & Loen LeClair - Scott Lang (Baby)
Ken Jeong - Security Guard (Cameo)
Yvette Nicole Brown - S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent (Cameo)
Joe Russo - Grieving Man (Cameo)
Jim Starlin - Support Group Man #1 (Cameo)

Russell Bobbitt - Diner Owner (Cameo)

Jack Champion - Kid on Bike

Sam Hargrave - New Asgard Truck Driver (Cameo)

Crew

Directors - Anthony & Joe Russo

Based on the Marvel Comics/Groot Creator/

Executive Producer - Stan Lee

Based on the Marvel Comics/Captain America

and Groot Creator - Jack Kirby

Star-Lord/Mantis Creator - Steve Englehart

Star-Lord Creator - Steve Gan

Gamora, Thanos and Drax Creator - Jim Starlin

Groot Creator - Larry Lieber

Rocket Raccoon Creators - Bill Mantlo and

Keith Giffen

Mantis Creator - Don Heck

Captain America Creator - Joe Simon

Screenplay/Co-Producers - Christopher Markus

and Stephen McFeely

Associate Producer/Unit Production Manager -

JoAnn Perritano

Executive Producers - Louis D'Esposito,

Victoria Alonso, Michael Grillo,

Jon Favreau, James Gunn and Trinh Tran

Producer - Kevin Feige

Co-Producer - Mitchell Bell

Co-Producer/Senior Visual Effects Producer -

Jen Underdahl

Casting Director - Sarah Finn

Production Designer - Charles Wood

Production Designer: Additional Photography/

Supervising Art Director - Ray Chan

Head of Visual Development - Ryan Meinerding

Concept Artists - Bob Cheshire,

Sean Hargreaves, Andrew Reeder, Paul Catling,

Paul Chandler, Roberto Fernandez Castro,

Tim Hill, Chris Kesler, Olivier Pron,

Pete Thompson and Ivan Weightman

Visual Development Concept Illustrators -

Anthony Francisco, Rodney Fuentebella,

Ian Joyner, Alexander Mandradjey,

Jerad Marantz, Fausto De Martini, Josh Nizzi,

Andy Park, Phil Saunders, Constantine Sekeris,

Tully Summers, Justin Sweet and Jackson Sze

Visual Development Concept Artists - Wesley Burt,

Aleksi Briclot, Melissa Encinas, Adi Granov,

Ryan Lang, Iain McCaig, Karla Ortiz,

Stephen Schirle and John Staub

Art Directors - Julian Ashby, Thomas Brown,

Jordan Crockett, Jann K. Engel,

Beat Frutiger, Kevin Houlihan,

Chris 'Flimsy' Howes, Mike Stallion,

Brian Stultz and Kevin Gilbert

Art Directors: UK/Scotland Unit - Jim Barr

and Mark Swain

John Plas, Mike Stallion,

Brian Stultz and Mark Swain

On-Set Art Director - Sean Ryan Jennings

On-Set Art Director: Second Unit - Matthew Gatlin

Set Decorator - Leslie Pope

Property Master - Russell Bobbitt

Costume Designer - Judianna Makovsky

Makeup Department Head - John Blake

Prosthetics Makeup Department Head:

Legacy Effects - Brian Sipe

Hair Stylist: Ms Saldana - Peter Tothpal

Director of Photography - Trent Opaloch

Director of Photography: Second Unit -

Paul Hughen

"A" Camera First Assistant - Taylor Matheson

Supervising Location Manager - James Lin

Supervising Location Manager: UK/Scotland

Unit - Matt Jones

Location Managers: UK/Scotland Unit -

Duncan Bradfoot, Lindsey Powell,

Aurelia Thomas and Naomi Liston

(Uncredited)

Production Supervisor - Jason Tamez

Production & Development Manager - Kyana F. Davidson

First Assistant Director - Chris Castaldi

First Assistant Director: Second Unit - David Sardi

Second Assistant Directors - Jeff Okabayashi

and Matthew Haggerty

Second Unit Director - Sam Hargrave

Second Unit Director: Additional Photography/

Visual Effects Supervisor - Dan DeLeeuw

Aerial Coordinator/Helicopter Pilot - Cliff Fleming

Stunt Coordinator - Monique Ganderton

Fight Coordinator - James Young

Motion Capture/Movement Choreographer -

Terry Notary

Picture Car Coordinator - Dennis McCarthy

Special Effects Supervisor - Daniel Sudick

Legacy Effects Supervisors - Lindsay McGowan

and Shane Mahan

Senior Visual Effects Supervisor: Weta Digital -

Joe Letteri

Visual Effects Supervisors: ILM - Russell Earl,

Dave Dally and Dan Snape

Visual Effects Supervisors: Weta Digital -

Matt Aitken, Phillip Leonhardt and

Sean Noel Walker

Visual Effects Supervisor: Digital Domain - Kelly Port

Visual Effects Supervisor: Cinesite - Simon Stanley-Clamp

Associate Visual Effects Supervisor: ILM - Jay Cooper

Associate VFX Supervisor: Digital Domain -

Scott Edelstein

Additional Visual Effects Supervisors -

Swen Gilberg and Mårten Larsson

Additional Visual Effects Supervisors: Second

Unit - Stephane Ceretti and Jesse James Chisholm

Visual Effects Producer - Lisa Marra

Visual Effects Producers: ILM - Katherine Farrar,

Danielle Legovich and Kacy McDonald

Animation Supervisors: ILM - Kevin Martel,

Michael Lum and Edward Zhou

Animation Supervisor: Double Negative -

Ben Wiggs

Animation Supervisor: Cinesite - Eamonn Butler

Animation Supervisors - Robert Hemmings

Senior Animation Supervisor: Digital Domain -

Jan Philip Cramer

CG Supervisors: ILM - Jeremy Bloch,

Steve Sauers, Justin Martin and Kevin Sprout

CG Supervisors: Cinesite - Chris Petts

and Rob Andrews

Asset Supervisors: ILM - Bruce Holcomb,

Ben Lambert, Gareth Jensen, Lana Alan

and Michael Kriukow

Senior Virtual Production Supervisor - Matt Madden

Compositing Supervisor: Framestore - Matthew Twyford

Compositing Supervisor: Lola VFX - Edson Williams

Creative Finishing Supervisor - Evan Jacobs

Editors - Jeffrey Ford and Matthew Schmidt

Additional Editors - Tia Nolan,

Peter S. Elliot and Craig Tanner

Supervising Sound Editors - Shannon Mills

and Daniel Laurie

Sound Designers - David Farmer and Nia Hansen

Production Sound Mixer - John Pritchett

Re-Recording Mixers - Tom Johnson

and Juan Peralta

Additional Re-Recording Mixer - Tony Villaflor

Foley Artists - John Roesch, Shelley Roden,

Dan O'Connell and John Cucci

Music - Alan Silvestri

Music Supervisor - Dave Jordan

Music Score Recordist - Peter Cobbin


Review

Because I was looking forward to seeing the new AVENGERS: ENDGAME movie, I knew the day would come, and I was happy when it did. The film is a bittersweet conclusion to an ensemble superhero team introduced in 2012. Now the 22-film saga is over, culminating in ENDGAME. It was a haunting goodbye for the few main actors like Robert Downey, Jr., Mark Ruffalo and Chris Evans, who have been in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) long enough it's a logical end for their characters. With Marvel shifting their focus to ongoing solo projects, there won't be a new Avengers movie except for a reboot.

ENDGAME certainly has positive aspects, such as direction, acting, entertainment value and emotional weight, particularly outstanding performances from Downey, Jr., Josh Brolin, Scarlet Johannson, Jeremy Renner, Ruffalo, Evans, Paul Rudd and Chris Hemsworth. There isn't any easy way to conclude this chapter, but directors Anthony & Joe Russo did this to surprise moviegoers. I won't tell you exactly why this film has such an emotional impact. But you might take a hanky or a box of tissues. Otherwise, I might pull a Homer Simpson moment.

ENDGAME is the best of both worlds for the MCU and The Avengers series. This sequel is much better than its predecessor, Infinity War and is the best movie of 2019 to date. You won't miss it.

Star rating: (10/10) Best Movie Ever

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