Lives up to its name

Rating: 6/10 (6 January 2019)

This film lives up to its name "Infinity War." This film is an action packed thriller with nonstop battle sequences and a few filler content along the way. The special effects and CGI is extraordinary.
There are two major downsides to this film. The first and obvious one is if you have not seen any of the past 30+ Marvel movies or read any of their comics then you're not going to identify too many characters and you definitely won't know their backstory. The second downside and the one that has me giving this film a six of 10 instead of anything higher is the total lack of plot development. The plot was so poorly developed that it even affected the character development in the film.
Thanos wants to wipe out lives but it never is fully explained why. He talks of his "destiny" and need to wipe out lives but there is no backstory explaining why. You are introduced to his relationship between him and his daughter but it is so brief that you end up with more questions than answers.
The film has too many plot holes throughout that leads me to tell people who haven't seen the movie to wait until the second Infinity War movie to come out before trying to watch this one because the abrupt ending and poor storytelling will leave you very disappointed.