The makers of the James Bond series may have decided to finally kill off the last iteration of their perennial cash cow, but despite numerous recent critical flops the Marvel Cinematic Universe shows no sign of doing likewise.
So, MCU#33 is a continuation of the Captain Marvel story with the titular hero joined by her teenage fangirl version from the Ms. Marvel TV miniseries and her niece of sorts Monica Rambeau, all now imbued with different versions of the character's cosmic powers. The twist is that when one uses her powers, they all switch places. This leads them to work as a team to stop the latest universe-destroying vengeful villain off the production line, and the rest of it is then just the usual overbombardment of CGI action. At least Samuel L. Jackson gets to have some fun with the his supporting turn as Nick Fury, but that's really quite scant compensation for the film's lack of imagination. Naturally, some critics attacked it for epitomising the 'woke' movement by daring to have only women of various racial mixes as the main heroes and their foe too, but those critics are almost all safely trapped on the other side of the pond and so can be ignored.
5/10
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