We saw 'Thunderbolts' (and it's pretty good)

By Glen Weldon,

Daisy Rosario, Ronald Young Jr., Jordan Morris, Mike Katzif, Liz Metzger, Jessica Reedy

Published May 2, 2025 at 10:25 AM EDT

Thunderbolts* is the latest Marvel movie and this one's a bit more fun than they've been lately. It stars Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, David Harbour and emotionally broken super-people who've done some very bad things. Will they manage to put their guilt aside and come together to form a rag-tag team of losers who somehow manage to save the day?

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We saw 'Thunderbolts*' (*and it's pretty good)

We saw 'Thunderbolts' (and it's pretty good)