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Avengers: Infinity War
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Directed by
  • Anthony Russo
  • Joe Russo
Screenplay by
  • Christopher Markus
  • Stephen McFeely
Based on
Produced byKevin Feige
Starring
CinematographyTrent Opaloch
Edited by
Music byAlan Silvestri
Production
company
Distributed byWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Release dates
  • April 23, 2018 (2018-04-23) (Dolby Theatre)
  • April 27, 2018 (2018-04-27) (United States)
Running time
149 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$316–400 million[2][3][4]
Box office$2.048 billion[5]

Avengers: Infinity War is a 2018 American superhero movie based on the Marvel Comics superhero team the Avengers. The movie is produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It is the sequel to The Avengers (2012) and Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) and the 19th movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).

It was directed by Anthony and Joe Russo with the screenplay written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely. The movie features a ensemble cast including Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Benedict Cumberbatch, Don Cheadle, Tom Holland, Chadwick Boseman, Paul Bettany, Elizabeth Olsen, Anthony Mackie, Sebastian Stan, Danai Gurira, Letitia Wright, Dave Bautista, Zoe Saldaña, Josh Brolin and Chris Pratt.

It premiered in Los Angeles on April 23, 2018 and was released in the United States on April 27. It was positively welcomed by audiences, fans and film critics alike which praised its directing, story, humor, character dynamics, emotional weight, musical score, Thanos's representation, CGI and action scenes. A sequel was made for it, titled Avengers: Endgame, and was released on April 26, 2019.

Plot

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The supervillain Thanos comes from a planet called Titan whose people all died because of overpopulation. To prevent the same thing from happening to other worlds, Thanos plans to kill half of all living beings on every planet in the entire Universe. To do that, Thanos tries to find six Infinity Stones and bring them together in a glove called an Infinity Gauntlet so that he can make anything he wants to happen with a snap of his fingers. Thanos gets the Power Stone by destroying the planet Xandar. He gets the Space Stone by striking a deal with Loki in exchange for not killing Thor. Loki tries to kill Thanos, but fails and is killed instead. Before being killed by Thanos, Heimdall uses the Bifröst to send Hulk to Earth, where he meets Dr. Stephen Strange and Wong and transforms back into Bruce Banner.

Banner warns Strange and Wong of Thanos’ upcoming arrival, and they track down Tony Stark \ Iron Man so they can warn him too. Soon after, two of Thanos’ adopted children, Ebony Maw and Cull Obsidian, arrive to take the Time Stone from Strange. Peter Parker’s “Spider-Sense” is activated by the arrival of Ebony Maw and Cull Obsidian, so he joins the fight. Strange is choked by Ebony Maw and passes out. Strange and Parker are beamed up into the spaceship Ebony Maw and Cull Obsidian arrived in, forcing Stark to follow them into space. Banner and Wong stay on Earth, and the former calls Steve Rogers \ Captain America.

Meanwhile, in space, the Guardians of the Galaxy respond to a distress call and find Thor, whom Peter Quill \ Star-Lord sees as a rival. Thor explains that he and his people were attacked by Thanos. Since Mjolnir was destroyed by his sister, Hela, Thor leaves with Rocket and Groot to forge a new weapon to kill Thanos with. The three go to Nidavellir and forge an axe called Stormbreaker, while the rest of the Guardians go to Knowhere to stop Thanos from stealing the Reality Stone. Thanos steals the Reality Stone from the Collector before the Guardians arrive. He then takes Gamora from the Guardians, and tortures Nebula until Gamora tells him where the Soul Stone is. Gamora reveals that the Soul Stone is on a planet called Vormir. Thanos takes Gamora to Vormir, and gets the Soul Stone in exchange for sacrificing Gamora’s life.

Back on Earth, two more of Thanos’ children, Corvius Glave and Proxima Midnight, try to take the Mind Stone from Vision’s head. Steve Rogers, Natasha Romanoff \ Black Widow, and Sam Wilson \ Falcon arrive to protect Vision. They defeat Corvius Glave and Proxima Midnight, and bring Vision and Wanda Maximoff along with them to the Avengers Compound. At the compound, they reunite with Banner and James Rhodes \ War Machine. They travel to Wakanda, hoping that their advanced technology can remove the Mind Stone from Vision’s head without killing him. Rogers reunites with Bucky Barnes and T’Challa \ Black Panther.

In space, Stark and Parker kill Ebony Maw and rescue Strange. They crash-land on Titan, where they meet Quill, Drax, and Mantis. The group devises a plan to attack Thanos once he arrives. When Thanos arrives, the group attacks him, along with Nebula. Once Thanos is restrained, Stark and Parker try to take the Gauntlet off of his hand. Quill finds out about Gamora’s death and becomes enraged, and starts hitting Thanos in the face. Thanos overpowers the group, and throws a moon towards them. Thanos tries to kill Stark but strikes a deal with Strange to get the Time Stone if he spares Stark’s life.

In Wakanda, the Avengers and Wakandan army are overwhelmed by Thanos’ army, until Thor arrives with Rocket and Groot. Thanos arrives in Wakanda to retrieve the Mind Stone himself. Vision asks Maximoff to kill him so Thanos can’t get the Mind Stone. Thanos uses the Time Stone to reverse Vision’s death. He rips the Mind Stone out of Vision’s head and snaps his fingers, causing half of all living beings on every planet in the entire Universe to disappear from existence. Those who disappear include Barnes, T’Challa, Maximoff, Wilson, Groot, Mantis, Drax, Quill, Strange, and Parker.

In a mid-credits scene, Nick Fury successfully signals someone (later revealed to be Carol Danvers \ Captain Marvel) who can do something about the snap before getting killed by it himself.

Cast

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References

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  1. ↑ Avengers: Infinity War, British Board of Film Classification, archived from the original on April 19, 2018, retrieved April 18, 2018
  2. ↑ D'Alessandro, Anthony (May 8, 2018). "'Avengers: Infinity War' Marches Toward $600M Profit; How The Russo Brothers Mapped Out The Marvel Hit". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on May 10, 2018. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
  3. ↑ Sylt, Christian (April 27, 2018). "Disney Reveals Financial Muscle Of 'Avengers: Infinity War'". Forbes. Archived from the original on May 3, 2018. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
  4. ↑ Rubin, Rebecca (April 30, 2018). "'Avengers: Infinity War' Officially Lands Biggest Box Office Opening of All Time". Variety. Archived from the original on May 14, 2018. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Avengers: Infinity War (2018)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on April 21, 2018. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
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