Thunderbolts (2025) brings a darker, morally complex edge to the Marvel Cinematic Universe as a group of reformed (and not-so-reformed) antiheroes is assembled for a dangerous mission the Avengers would never touch. Handpicked by Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, the team includes familiar faces like Yelena Belova, Bucky Barnes (The Winter Soldier), John Walker (U.S. Agent), Red Guardian, Ghost, and Taskmaster—each carrying their own scars, secrets, and unresolved grudges.

When a global threat emerges from a covert arms syndicate experimenting with multiversal tech, the Thunderbolts are sent in to neutralize it without leaving a trace. But as the mission unravels, internal conflict, clashing agendas, and buried trauma threaten to destroy them from within. Unlike the Avengers, they don’t save the world for glory—they do it because no one else will.

Thunderbolts offers gritty action, sharp character dynamics, and a morally grey lens on heroism. It’s a team of misfits with nothing to lose, thrown into a suicide mission that could either make them legends—or bury them in the shadows of history.