Movie Review: Thunderbolts  

by Rudy Rosas

“Thunderbolts*” is another addition to the iconic “Marvel Cinematic Universe” ( it was released in May. 2 2025). The plot of “Thunderbolts*” consists of a team of antiheroes:  Yelena Belnova, Task Master, Ghost, The Red Guardian, U.S agent, and the iconic Winter Soldier.  The team bands together to face an unexpected threat that emerges. The story that they are telling in “Thunderbolts” is very engaging to the people who understand though I feel like a lot of kids would miss what’s trying to tell; so, I feel like this isn’t just another marvel movie you can just take your younger siblings to.  The acting was done so well by everyone, especially Florence, though she has scenes in this movie that actually made me believe that she was actually going through the same struggle that her character was going through.  David Harbour was good as the Red Guardian, Harbour always was able to nail it as the comedy relief . Wyatt Russel also did a great job at playing a jerk in the movie that was also going through his own struggles . 

    The cinematography in this movie was good, scenes that particularly involved the desert were beautiful and also the scenes that took place in New York were an amazing spectacle when you see the scenes. The score in the movie is also well done. My favorite is “It’s Bucky!” because of the cinematic experience it gives. The message “Thunderbolts” is trying to tell without going into spoilers is that you’re never ever alone. The movie very much focuses on mental health and how sometimes when you’re in darkest days there’s this void inside telling you that you don’t matter (which it clearly isn’t true). The message this movie was telling was done beautifully by using this team of antiheroes to tell it.  Now that I’ve told you the positives of the movie I will now go into some of the negatives.  Some of the characters in the movie were very underutilized . For example ghost and Bucky Barnes barely got to do anything impactful and less was told about either of them during this movie . 

Overview:

  This movie is definitely one of the less flashy marvel movies so it’s not always action, it slows down and feeds you other things which I feel can throw some people off.  Now, for my overall opinion, this movie “Thunderbolts” is a very good movie with a beautiful message about mental health. It’s less flashy than the other marvel movies but I think that’s what makes it unique though I  did feel like some characters were underdeveloped.  I feel they could’ve done better but overall it is a really good movie .