Written by Christopher L. Yost And Christopher Markus And Stephen McFeely
Directed by Alan Taylor
Thor: "I wish I could trust you."
Loki: "Trust my rage."
There was a time when there was a sequel to Thor that was more divisive than it's fourth entry and funnily, that was this sequel. It's been over a decade. Is it still that divisive? Maybe but I didn't have too big an issue with this one.
Following the events of The Avengers, we saw Thor (Chris Hemsworth) bring younger brother, Loki (Tom Hiddleston) back to Asgard. Loki immediately faced Odin (Anthony Hopkins) being disappointed him and Frigga (Rene Russo) wanting better for him while being confined to a cell.
Back on Earth, Jane Foster (Natalie Portman) was trying to get over Thor by going on a date with Richard (Chris O'Dowd), which Darcy Lewis (Kat Dennings) interrupted. Oh and this movie also took the adventures to London where portals were popping up all over the place.
On the plus side, it didn't take too long for Thor and Jane to reunite and for the latter to make her feelings about being abandoned known to the titular hero. Of course, there was also Jane being brought to Asgard when the Aether ended up inside and that presented another problem.
The problem being the main threat itself - the Dark Elf Malekith (Christopher Eccleston) and he's probably not the greatest of MCU baddies out there. Still, his presence did force a team up between Thor and Loki, a betrayal of sorts from Heimdall (Idris Elba), more screentime for Sif (Jaimie Alexander), Volstagg (Ray Stevenson), Fandral (Zachary Levi) and Hogun (Tadanobu Asano), nudity for Erik Selvig (Stellan Skarsgard)and the death of Frigga.
If the movie did have a plus point, yet again it was the rapport between Thor and Loki. They almost came close to reuniting but the latter's resentment for the former did rear it's head again. On the other hand, he did sacrifice himself to take down Malekith and save the day.
- Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje appeared as Algrim/Kurse,the second in command for Malekith.
- The credit scenes included Sif and Volstagg giving the Aether to The Collector (Benecio del Toro) and Carina (Ophelia Lovibond) as well as Thor and Jane reuniting on Earth.
- Stan Lee popped up as a patient in a mental ward and Loki briefly disguised himself as Captain America (Chris Evans).
- Other actors would appeared in this movie included Tony Curran, Alice Krige, Clive Russell, Tallulah Riley, Richard Brake and Jonathan Howard. The latter ended being a love interest for Darcy.
- Had things been different, both Benedict Cumberbatch and Mads Mikkelsen could've been in this movie as different characters.
- Chronology: 2013, Greenwich, England as well as Asgard and eons on Svartalfheim for Malekith's origins.
Thor: The Dark World isn't that bad a sequel. I mean it's easily the weakest movie in Phase 2 and I'll admit that despite enjoying Christopher Eccleston as an actor, Malekith might be the least interesting villain we've had. The Thor/Loki dynamic did keep it watchable though.
Rating: 6 out of 10
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