To quote Thanos: "This will put a smile on you face"

Rating: 9/10 (13 February 2019)

The End is Near... Or is it? The long awaited Superhero event of all time is finally here! The full might of the Marvel Cinematic Universe comes full Circle as the superheroes of the Avengers and the Guardians of the Galaxy team up to take on their greatest enemy ever. The Mad Titan Thanos! But does this film live up to its decade long hype? Read on to find out...
Plot:
Avengers: Infinity War is set at least 3 years after Captain America: Civil War. The Avengers are scattered and divided. Tony Stark (Iron Man) and his team continue to fight under the governments wishes. While Steve Rogers (Captain America) and his team are in hiding in Wakanda operating freely in the shadows. All the while, the Titan warlord Thanos is on a quest to retrieve the infinity stones with Earth and it's heroes in his sights. After the Hulk supposedly crash lands back on Earth, he warns Tony and the Avengers about the coming threat. If Thanos finds all the Infinity Stones, he will have the ability to control the fate of the Universe at his fingertips. With the help of Doctor Strange, Spider-Man and the Guardians of the Galaxy, The Avengers will attempt to stop Thanos at any cost.
The Likes
Well here we go. The big unveiling. First off, IT WAS AWESOME! Better than clunky Age of Ultron!
Sorry. Was that too short of an explanation? Okay, I'll run you through the long version.
Avengers: Infinity War is the combination of all your favourite Marvel super heroes coming together to fight a common foe in a very emotional, risk taking story that fuels you're anticipation to the max.
First off, the action sequences in Avengers Infinity War are literally the best I've ever seen in a Superhero movie to date. Every sequence is perfectly filmed, edited and performed so well that you can almost feel you are literally seeing a comic book panel come to life. The locations and cinematography are immensely improved, we get a much more needed look on Wakanda, we get to see new planets. We got some massive space-ships. Seriously, we get so much cool new things in this movie.
The story is balanced, unpredictable, heartfelt and well-written into the source and characters involved. Even the villian Thanos himself isn't afraid to make his motives clear unlike Ultron before him. And you find that everything he says and everything you see him do carry's a much more humanised villain, even for Thanos being an alien. And with Josh Brolin behind the scenes portraying this Mad Titan, you couldn't have gotten a much better choice of an actor!
My absolute favourite thing about this movie is how well the characters from across the MCU interacted with each other. From Thor and Rocket Racoon embarking on a perilous journey to fix his hammer, Iron-Man and Doctor Strange's clash of science over magic, Star-Lord trying to mimic Thors accent and diss on Iron-Man's plan. And my favourite, Groot meeting Captain America back on Earth. Where he says the usual "I Am Groot" catchphrase and Cap goes "I'm Steve Rogers" without care. It's all brilliantly inserted.
SPOILER AHEAD!! Did the Avengers win? Nope, Sorry the Avengers lost, big time... WAH WAH. As many had predicted, Thanos had won and finally succeeded in his plan to annihilate half the Universe. Along with the many Avengers who'd died fighting to stop him. But as far as that spoiler goes I am NOT going to tell any of you who we lost in the movie, but I'm telling you right now, a lot of them die in this story. But likely they'll all come back from the dead in some kind of Death of Superman resurrection plotline or something. So don't give your hopes up just yet!
The Dislikes
Now I think you already know what I'm going to say on this and yes you are right. It's the long running time. A problem that beats down upon Marvel films like a drum. But it's not actually as bad as some might be made to believe. As mentioned above, you get so much wonderful and exciting things happening at every turn of the movie you can so easily ignore it. But because this is a massive crossover story we're seeing here with so many characters and personalities clashing, the running time is both a blessing and a curse.
The large amount of characters in the movie can confuse the primary focus of the film at times between acts. First it follows Thor and Hulk, Then Iron-Man, Spider-Man and Doctor Strange, then Thanos, then to the Guardians of the Galaxy, then to Captain Americas Avengers and the list goes on... There is just no true point of view at all for us to follow through. Overall, it just feels almost like a 3 hour long crossover episode of Arrow where the focus shifts too fast.
The Verdict
With this history making film breaking more box-office records than the first Avengers movie alone, Infinity War lives up to every expectation on the list. You have all your favourite Marvel characters (except for the X-Men, Deadpool or Fantastic Four, Agents of Shield and Daredevil's Avengers), you have visually breath-taking sequences, sensible storytelling and heart stopping drama, a well-portrayed villain, many moments of thrills and suspense at every moment makes Infinity War the best Avengers sequel yet!
But as far as this goes, will its direct sequel in 2019 also be able to live-up to the same expectations witnessed in this one? Only time will tell. But for now, Infinity War is the greatest superhero mash-up for the ages.
I Give Infinity war a reasonable 9/10.