The Marvel Cinematic Universe will continue its quest to regain its ground at the global box office this year, following the first failed attempt with Black Widow, film that suffered the worst fall of the franchise from one weekend to another. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is the next premiere, which introduces us to the Asian superhero for the first time in the MCU.
Phase 4 started with everything at the beginning of 2021 with the launches of the series WandaVision, The Falcon and The Winter Soldier and Loki, so they then gave way to the long-awaited feature films. Shang-Chi comes after the film starring Scarlett Johansson and will be number 25, with great expectation behind for being a character that until now had not been named in other feature films.
What is Shang-Chi about? The plot revolves around a young man who was raised by his father, Wenwu, an extremely powerful terrorist leader who is also known as The Mandarin and the leader of the criminal organization called the Ten Rings. To escape your reality Shang-Chi He decides to elope and go to live in the United States, where he begins a normal life, but everything changes when he must face his past.
+ What the Shang-Chi review says
Regarding the opinions of the specialists, the reception in general has been completely favorable. On Rotten Tomatoes it has a 92% approval rating, based on 177 reviews; On Metacritic, the 43 reviews give it an average of 71/100; while on IMDb it maintains the good score of 8.0 / 10. This leads us to think that clearly we are in front of one of the best films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, according to the press, so we will have to wait for the public’s response.
New York Post: “It’s fresh, it’s alive, it’s not the same Marvel Cinematic Universe”; Chicago Tribune: “He achieves something like Black Panther in better times. Expands the scope of superhero representation and narration “; The Atlantic: “It is an epic of high fantasy, full of dazzling landscapes and a complex tradition”; RogerEbert.com: “It fits into the Marvel package in its own way, but it has an immense concussion that other MCU movies should take note of”; Larsen on Film: “The climax related to the myths, history and background of characters forgets the struggles for CGI”.
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