Avengers: Infinity War

***Avengers: Infinity War*** is a 2018 superhero film, based on the Marvel Comics superhero team of the same name. The film is a sequel to *The Avengers*, *Avengers: Age of Ultron*, *Captain America: Civil War*, *Doctor Strange*, *Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2*, *Spider-Man: Homecoming*, *Thor: Ragnarok*, and *Black Panther*. It is the nineteenth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and the seventh installment of Phase Three. The film was released on April 27, 2018.

The film is directed by Joe Russo and Anthony Russo and stars Robert Downey, Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man, Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner/Hulk, Chris Evans as Steve Rogers/Captain America, Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow, Don Cheadle as James Rhodes/War Machine, Benedict Cumberbatch as Stephen Strange/Doctor Strange, Tom Holland as Peter Parker/Spider-Man, Chadwick Boseman as T'Challa/Black Panther, Zoe Saldana as Gamora, Karen Gillan as Nebula, Tom Hiddleston as Loki, Paul Bettany as Vision, Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch, Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson/Falcon, Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier,Idris Elba as Heimdall, Danai Gurira as Okoye, Peter Dinklage as Eitri, Benedict Wong as Wong, Pom Klementieff as Mantis, Dave Bautista as Drax the Destroyer, Vin Diesel as Groot, Bradley Cooper as Rocket Raccoon, with Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Potts, Benicio del Toro as Taneleer Tivan/Collector, with Josh Brolin as Thanos, and Chris Pratt as Peter Quill/Star-Lord.

The fourth film in the series, *Avengers: Endgame*, was released on April 26, 2019.

## Connection to MCU Spider-Man

The film includes Spider-Man (years after the events of Spider-Man: Homecoming) who joins forces with characters like Iron Man, Doctor Strange, Wong, Star-Lord, Mantis, Nebula, and Drax The Destroyer to defeat the mad titan Thanos.

## Plot

Having acquired the Power Stone–one of the six Infinity Stones–from the planet Xandar, Thanos and his lieutenants: Ebony Maw, Cull Obsidian, Proxima Midnight, and Corvus Glaive, intercept the spaceship carrying the survivors of Asgard's destruction. After subduing Thor, Thanos extracts the Space Stone from the Tesseract, overpowers the Hulk, and kills Loki. Thanos also kills Heimdall after he sends Hulk to Earth using the Bifröst. Thanos and his lieutenants leave, destroying the ship.

Hulk crash-lands in the Sanctum Sanctorum in New York City, reverting to the form of Bruce Banner. He warns Stephen Strange and Wong about Thanos' plan to destroy half of all life in the universe, and they recruit Tony Stark. Maw and Obsidian arrive to retrieve the Time Stone from Strange, drawing Peter Parker's attention. Maw is unable to take the Time Stone due to an enchantment and captures Strange. Stark and Parker sneak aboard Maw's spaceship while Wong stays behind to guard the Sanctum.

The Guardians of the Galaxy respond to a distress call from the Asgardian ship and rescue Thor. Thor surmises that Thanos is going after the Reality Stone, which Taneleer Tivan possesses on Knowhere. He travels with Rocket and Groot to Nidavellir to enlist the aid of the dwarf king Eitri in creating the battle-axe Stormbreaker. Peter Quill, Gamora, Drax, and Mantis travel to Knowhere, and they find Thanos possessing the Reality Stone. Thanos kidnaps Gamora, who discloses the Soul Stone's location to save Nebula from torture. On Vormir, the Stone's keeper, Red Skull, tells Thanos that he can only acquire it by sacrificing someone he loves. Thanos kills Gamora, earning the Stone.

In Edinburgh, Midnight and Glaive ambush Wanda Maximoff and Vision to retrieve the Mind Stone in Vision's forehead. Steve Rogers, Natasha Romanoff, and Sam Wilson rescue them and they take shelter with James Rhodes and Banner at the Avengers Compound. Vision asks Maximoff to destroy him and the Mind Stone to keep Thanos from retrieving it, but Maximoff refuses. Rogers suggests they travel to Wakanda, which he believes has the resources to remove the Stone without killing Vision.

Nebula escapes captivity and asks the remaining Guardians to meet her on Thanos' destroyed homeworld, Titan. Stark and Parker kill Maw and rescue Strange. They meet Quill, Drax and Mantis after the three Guardians board Maw's ship, and they all land on Titan. Strange uses the Time Stone to view millions of possible futures, seeing only one in which the Avengers win. The group formulates a plan to subdue Thanos and remove the Infinity Gauntlet, which he uses to safely house the Stones. Thanos appears and justifies his plans as necessary to guarantee the survival of a universe threatened by overpopulation. Nebula arrives soon after and helps the others subdue Thanos, but then deduces that Thanos has killed Gamora. Enraged, Quill attacks Thanos, inadvertently allowing him to break the group's hold and overpower them. Thanos grievously wounds Stark, but Strange offers the Time Stone in exchange for sparing Stark's life.

In Wakanda, Rogers reunites with Bucky Barnes before Thanos' army invades. The Avengers, along with T'Challa and the Wakandan forces, mount a defense while Shuri works to extract the Mind Stone from Vision. Unable to summon the Hulk after losing his fight with Thanos, Banner fights in Stark's Hulkbuster armor. Thor, Rocket, and Groot arrive to reinforce the Avengers and together they kill Midnight, Obsidian, and Glaive. Although Thanos' army is routed, Shuri is unable to complete the extraction before Thanos himself arrives on the field. Maximoff destroys the Mind Stone and Vision, but Thanos uses the Time Stone to reverse her actions and rips the repaired Mind Stone from Vision's forehead, killing him. Thor severely wounds Thanos with Stormbreaker, but Thanos activates the completed Gauntlet by snapping his fingers before teleporting away.

Half of all life across the universe disintegrates, including Barnes, T'Challa, Groot, Maximoff, Wilson, Mantis, Drax, Quill, Strange, Parker, Maria Hill, and Nick Fury, though Fury is able to send an emergency signal on a modified pager. Stark and Nebula remain stranded on Titan while Banner, M'Baku, Okoye, Rhodes, Rocket, Rogers, Romanoff, and Thor are left on the Wakandan battlefield. Meanwhile, Thanos watches a sunrise on a remote planet.

## Cast

* Robert Downey, Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man
* Chris Hemsworth as Thor
* Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner/Hulk
* Chris Evans as Steve Rogers/Captain America
* Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow
* Don Cheadle as James Rhodes/War Machine
* Benedict Cumberbatch as Stephen Strange/Doctor Strange
* Tom Holland as Peter Parker/Spider-Man
* Chadwick Boseman as T'Challa/Black Panther
* Zoe Saldana as Gamora
	+ Ariana Greenblatt as Young Gamora
* Karen Gillan as Nebula
* Tom Hiddleston as Loki
* Paul Bettany as Vision
* Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch
* Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson/Falcon
* Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier
* Idris Elba as Heimdall
* Danai Gurira as Okoye
* Peter Dinklage as King Eitri
* Benedict Wong as Master Wong
* Pom Klementieff as Mantis
* Dave Bautista as Drax the Destroyer
* Vin Diesel as Groot (voice)
* Bradley Cooper as Rocket Raccoon (voice)
	+ Sean Gunn as Rocket Raccoon (motion capture)
* Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Potts
* Benicio del Toro as Taneleer Tivan/Collector (illusion)
* Josh Brolin as Thanos
* Chris Pratt as Peter Quill/Star-Lord
* William Hurt as Secretary Thaddeus Ross
* Letitia Wright as Princess Shuri
* Terry Notary as Cull Obsidian / Groot (motion capture)
* Tom Vaughan-Lawlor as Ebony Maw
* Carrie Coon as Proxima Midnight
	+ Monique Ganderton as Proxima Midnight (motion capture)
* Michael Shaw as Corvus Glaive
* Stan Lee as Bus Driver
* Winston Duke as M'Baku
* Florence Kasumba as Ayo
* Kerry Condon as F.R.I.D.A.Y.
* Jacob Batalon as Ned Leeds
* Tiffany Espensen as Cindy Moon
* Isabella Amara as Sally Avril
* Ethan Dizon as Tiny McKeever
* Michael Barbieri as Charles Murphy
* Ross Marquand as Johann Schmidt/Red Skull
* Ameenah Kaplan as Gamora's Mother
* Janeshia Adams-Ginyard as Nomble
* Zola Williams as Yama
* Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury (post-credit scene; uncredited)
* Cobie Smulders as Maria Hill (post-credit scene; uncredited)
* Jon Favreau as Happy Hogan (deleted scene)
* Joe Russo as Bert (deleted scene)