Film

Avengers: Endgame

Name: Avengers: Endgame
Genre: Adventure, Science Fiction, Action
Released: 2019
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson

The finale of eleven years and twenty-two films, Endgame is three hours of grief, comedy, time travel and payoff, engineered to make an audience cheer, cry and cheer again. It's less a standalone film than a victory lap — dense with continuity, light on introduction — built for people who've already fallen for these characters and want to watch them go out fighting.

TMDb rating

8.2

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