Frank Castle and Natasha Romanoff attempt to save the world from super terrorists in the Avengers Confidential animated movie.
Despite the commercial playing up Iron Man and Thor, those guys are barely in it at all.
And Hulk is just growling really loudly, so that barely even counts!
Avengers Confidentialtakes place in theMarvel Animeuniverse, more notably as a follow-up toIron Man: Rise of the Technovore.
Its put together by animation studio Mad House and written by comic scribe Marjorie Liu.
The two discover Leviathans plan to create an army of brainwashed super soldiers using superhero blood.
you’re free to probably figure out his entire storyline in this movie just from this starting point.
The best thingAvengers Confidentialhas going for it is the action.
There are plenty of action sequences throughout the story and they all look fantastic.
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Theres also some questionable stuff in the fights.
Oh, and Frank apparently has super speed the way he dashes forward at multiple points.
Regardless, its all pretty cool and super violent at times without showing much in terms of blood.
Its the problem with the concept.
Frank Castle is cold and speaks in a monotone.
Black Widow lacks emotion until the Elihas plot starts to really develop late in the story.
Brian Bloom as the Punisher is pretty spot-on, going as distant as youd expect from the character.
Carpenters Black Widow is problematic.
Mainly because it would have given hersomething.
She has no personality and any time she tries to act upbeat, it feels completely forced.
This is made worse when by design, shes supposed to be playing off a stone cold murderer.
There isnt even much of a dynamic, now that I think of it.
At least, not enough for two stars of a movie.
Otherwise, fast-forward through the dialogue and you should be good.
Just dont do it because Thor is on the cover.
He honest to Odin has less than a minute of combined screentime.
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Rating:
2 out of 5
