The second Thor follows on directly from the end of Avengers Assemble as the God of Thunder arrives home on Asgard with an imprisoned Loki and the Tesseract. Naturally, things do not evolve as planned.
Long ago, the Dark Elves were stopped from sending the universe into darkness by the Warriors of Asgard. Unable to destroy the Dark Elves’ weapon, the Aether, it was instead hidden. Centuries later, scientist Jane Foster (Natalie Portman), finds herself in London investigating a strange phenomenon. As a result, she finds herself of interest to Malekith (Christopher Eccleston), Leader fo the Dark Elves. Cue Thor (Chris Hemsworth) to whisk his lover off to Asgard – with Malekith in pursuit.
The first hour Is enjoyable hokum set on earth but the still overly pompous Thor struts his machismo on Earth and intergalactically – the result being Greenwich instead of New York being the to-be-destroyed target and a rather boring elongated battle.
Rating: 43%
Director: Alan Taylor (Terminator Genisys, The Emperor’s New Clothes)
Writer: Christopher L. Yost (Max Steel, Thor: Ragnarok), Christopher Markus (Captain America: First Avenger, You Kill Me), Stephen McFeely (Avengers: Endgame, You Kill Me)
Main cast: Chris Hemsworth (Thor, The Avengers), Natalie Portman (Thor, The Black Swan), Christopher Eccleston (Legend, 28 Days Later)
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