Marvel Sticks the Landing

Rating: 9/10 (3 May 2019)

The Russo Brothers prove themselves equal to their nigh insurmountable task in this expertly balanced centrepiece to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, that both pays homage to the past eleven years of films and sends the universe in bold new directions. There is a weight of consequence to everything that happens but it never allows itself to become too morose or sombre without a sting of classic Marvel wit, and it harmonises this more grim tone with a level of glorious action hitherto undreamt of; bringing a number of intertwining story arcs we've followed and become invested in for years to the most satisfying of conclusions.