Thunderbolts is a little too quippy for its own good, but its a solid step toward getting the MCU back on solid footing.

Most comics-derived superhero movies really wouldn’t be much of anything without buried rage, and what happens when it won’t stay buried. Their stories’ relentless emphasis on childhood trauma and the crippling psychological load carried by broken souls (heroes and villains both) — that’s the whole show.

Marvel Studios’ ‘Thunderbolts’ is the unexpected crossover that somehow works — a film that brings together fan-favorite antiheroes and misfits and delivers something emotionally rich, thematically grounded,