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Thunderbolts* (2025)

Directed by Jake Schreier•2h 7m•Published May 4, 2025•Episode length 1h 07m
See It or Skip It? - Thunderbolts*
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Florence Pugh
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Yelena Belova
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Bucky Barnes
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
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Valentina Allegra de Fontaine
Lewis Pullman
Lewis Pullman
Robert Reynolds
David Harbour
David Harbour
Alexei Shostakov
Wyatt Russell
Wyatt Russell
John Walker
Hannah John-Kamen
Hannah John-Kamen
Ava Starr
Olga Kurylenko
Olga Kurylenko
Antonia Dreykov
Geraldine Viswanathan
Geraldine Viswanathan
Mel
Wendell Pierce
Wendell Pierce
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Jake Schreier
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Overview

After finding themselves ensnared in a death trap, seven disillusioned castoffs must embark on a dangerous mission that will force them to confront the darkest corners of their pasts.

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FIRST 36:00: Spoiler-Free Review with our See It/Skip It Verdict AFTER 36:00: Full Spoiler Review It’s another Sunday edition of See It or Skip It and this time Ian is joined by BFF of the BFE to tackle the Marvel anti-hero team-up Phase Five film Thunderbolts* (2025), Marvel’s messiest group project yet. Does Jake Sch…

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FIRST 36:00: Spoiler-Free Review with our See It/Skip It Verdict
AFTER 36:00: Full Spoiler Review

It’s another Sunday edition of See It or Skip It and this time Ian is joined by BFF of the BFE to tackle the Marvel anti-hero team-up Phase Five film Thunderbolts* (2025), Marvel’s messiest group project yet.  Does Jake Schreier bring something fresh to a story about second chances and dangerous alliances—or is it all attitude with no real heart? Does the film's central theme and newest character go to a brave place for Marvel in discussing some very real places in the very silly comic book world or is it in danger of glorifying a self-destroying pattern of behaviour. Was Bucky actually beneficial in this story or was he just some MCU star power to give the group legitimacy.  Could the film have worked if we'd made Bucky the main character? Where does Thunderbolts* fit among Marvel's post-snap catalogue?

Ian & James tackle all these questions and more in this week’s See It or Skip It review of Thunderbolts*—and then they tell you whether you should SEE IT or SKIP IT.