'The Marvels' is the sequel to 'Captain Marvel' and the first time we've seen Carol Danvers (Larson) since 'Avengers: Endgame'. The difference this time is that this time, fate brings her, Monica Rambeau (Parris, introduced in 'WandaVision') and Kamala Khan (Vellani, introduced in 'Ms Marvel') together to stop the new Kree threat this time, Dar-Benn (Ashton). Tying it all together, like he's done so many times, in Nick Fury (Jackson) - but he has a lot more levity here than in 'Secret Invasion', thankfully.
There's a bit of background to the Kree/Skull war, but not too much - but the best aliens are still the cats/Flerken, who have a nice mini-role to play. Special mention to the singing/choreography-dancing aliens on the water planet too. Besides stopping the Kree from destroying more worlds, the main plot point is the three lead characters finding out how to use their light-powers together and complement heach other. This is helped by Kamala enthusiasm and teenage idealism - like the show, this is a real breath of fresh air and balances well with Carol and Monica.
We also get Kamala's mum, dad and brother, who also add some nice heart and humour, including with Fury and during the initial place-swapping scenes. There's some middling battle scenes, but some nice CGI and planets throughout. The ending is mostly satisfying, with a good mid-credits scene.
There's a bit of background to the Kree/Skull war, but not too much - but the best aliens are still the cats/Flerken, who have a nice mini-role to play. Special mention to the singing/choreography-dancing aliens on the water planet too. Besides stopping the Kree from destroying more worlds, the main plot point is the three lead characters finding out how to use their light-powers together and complement heach other. This is helped by Kamala enthusiasm and teenage idealism - like the show, this is a real breath of fresh air and balances well with Carol and Monica.
We also get Kamala's mum, dad and brother, who also add some nice heart and humour, including with Fury and during the initial place-swapping scenes. There's some middling battle scenes, but some nice CGI and planets throughout. The ending is mostly satisfying, with a good mid-credits scene.