The Marvels sees Carol Danvers return to save the universe while her powers are entangled with those of Kamala Khan and Monica Rambeau.
Here we meet Jersey City super fan Kamala Khan. An eager-to-please teenager who develops powers while wearing the special Quantum arm cuff.
She is reluctantly joined by Carol Danvers AKA Captain Marvel, and Captain Monica Rambeau. However, the lack of age difference (2 years in real life) makes it hard to see her as the niece!
Dar-Benn (Zawe Ashton) turns up wanting a matching Quantum arm cuff. She’s a forgettable villain.
The Marvels have the tagline of Higher. Further. Faster. Together.
There’s an emphasis on building the different worlds. Fortunately, the film has a good duration, but the fighting scenes are shorter than usual.
The storyline has no surprises, except maybe the super weird costumes and vomiting cats. At one point, you could say the film becomes a complete catastrophe!
There are two sections with annoying musicals. (Who is trying to bring back Barbra Streisand’s Memory from The Cats Musical? It isn’t good.).
So, it turns out that Captain Marvel is also a princess! What? I’m confused by the arranged marriage.
You might like to watch Captain Marvel before going to see this one.
It was nice to see three female lead characters and lots of diversity. But I guess, I had higher expectations.
Unfortunately, The Marvels has too many cringe moments and few laughs. It’s hard to believe that they are all fighting over a fancy piece of jewellery.
Release date 9 November 2023.
About The Marvels
Marvel Studios’ “The Marvels” stars Brie Larson, Teyonah Parris, Iman Vellani, Zawe Ashton, Gary Lewis, Park Seo-joon, Zenobia Shroff, Mohan Kapur, Saagar Shaikh, and Samuel L. Jackson.
Nia DaCosta directs with Kevin Feige producing. Louis D’Esposito, Victoria Alonso, Mary Livanos, Jonathan Schwartz and Matthew Jenkins serve as executive producers. The screenplay is by Megan McDonnell, Nia DaCosta, Elissa Karasik and Zeb Wells.
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