The Marvels follows the story of Captain Marvel who must stop an unassuming enemy from destroying the universe while having the company of Ms Marvel and Captain Monica. And the reason why I have kept the story so vague is because it is probably the weakest MCU film ever and anything more that I say would act as a spoiler. So the story here is wafer thin with an even slender concept that just made me fatigued as early in the film when the first reel rolled. There is no other way to put it – MCU has officially become a cash cow while recycling similar concepts or even events while combining and forming a new film. It is ridiculous as to how often the viewers have been taken for granted after its third phase, this while the most loyal fans of Marvel still queue up in hope that something extraordinary would be offered to them. But this is now getting out of hand even from a story point of view, and I haven’t got to the screenplay yet! If you are still interested, the screenplay standing at just under a 100 minutes is perhaps the most pointless piece of writing that I have witnessed all year, something that would give the current season of Koffee With Karan a run for its money. Not only does it not have anything novel but the events in the film were just so bland, that had me yawning throughout the film. Can an MCU film be that bad? Yes, it can!

The drama opens with the brief introduction of the antagonist who is in search for the other part of a “band”. Soon the introductions begin of all the three protagonists wherein there is no sense of world building. Here, I must admit that I am not a fan of the medium of films and webseries combining in a single universe. I have always felt that the two mediums are different and the continuation shouldn’t be across different formats. Yet, even if I were to put this out of the way, there ought to have been some sort of world building in a film that did offer to unite the different worlds and their characters. But the drama just kickstarts just so randomly that I developed a disdain for it very early on.

The proceedings are bland and just so one-dimensional that I wondered who from the studio approved this absolute dogsh*t of a screenplay and concept. Neither were the characters well developed neither was the main antagonist given moments to add to the intimidation factor in the drama. The events were so dull that it made me want to scream in agony. MCU was once known for the humour that the characters did generate while finding themselves in odd situations. But even that aspect was missing and I don’t remember flexing my cheek bone even once in the film. The trademark emotions were also missing when clearly I felt a few openings where the writers could have tapped into it.

The writers could have established a true-blue MCU chick flick here but even that didn’t happen. The events unfolding are so one-dimensional that I felt zero excitement even while witnessing the action set-pieces. The final assault was almost laughable leading to the final act that felt just so rushed instead of taking the emotional route. Again, the end credit scene is interesting but what is the point of it if the main films are as bland as bland can be. Overall, the writing is absolutely lacklustre thus marking the worst outing for a Marvel film in years!