Avengers: Endgame (2019)
Avengers: Endgame is a 2019 adventure movie directed by Joe Russo and Anthony Russo, with a running time of 3h 1m. It stars Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans and Mark Ruffalo.
The snap has already happened. Half of everything is gone, and the Avengers who remain are living in the wreckage, some plotting, most just grieving. Endgame gives the survivors one improbable shot at undoing Thanos, a plan that sends Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Black Widow and the rest back across their own history. Anthony and Joe Russo close out twenty-two films of Marvel storytelling with a mix of heist mechanics, fan-service reunions and real loss. The scale is enormous and the mood swings from comic to elegiac, built for viewers who have followed the whole arc.
Quick answers
What is Avengers: Endgame about?
The snap has already happened. Half of everything is gone, and the Avengers who remain are living in the wreckage, some plotting, most just grieving. Endgame gives the survivors one improbable shot at undoing Thanos, a plan that sends Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Black Widow and the rest back across their own history. Anthony and Joe Russo close out twenty-two films of Marvel storytelling with a mix of heist mechanics, fan-service reunions and real loss. The scale is enormous and the mood swings from comic to elegiac, built for viewers who have followed the whole arc.
When was Avengers: Endgame released?
Avengers: Endgame was released on 24 April 2019.
How long is Avengers: Endgame?
Avengers: Endgame runs 3h 1m.
Who made Avengers: Endgame?
Avengers: Endgame was directed by Joe Russo and Anthony Russo.
Where can I watch Avengers: Endgame?
Avengers: Endgame is available on DirecTV On Demand, Disney+, TBS, TNT, YouTube TV and truTV.
Where to watch Avengers: Endgame
Stream: DirecTV On Demand, Disney+, TBS, TNT, YouTube TV, truTV
Rent: Amazon, AppleTV, Google Play, YouTube
Buy: Amazon, AppleTV, Fandango at Home, Google Play, YouTube
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Cast
- Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark / Iron Man
- Chris Evans as Steve Rogers / Captain America
- Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner / Hulk
- Chris Hemsworth as Thor
- Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow
- Jeremy Renner as Clint Barton / Hawkeye
- Josh Brolin as Thanos
- Don Cheadle as James Rhodes / War Machine
- Paul Rudd as Scott Lang / Ant-Man
- Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Strange
- Chadwick Boseman as T'Challa / Black Panther
- Brie Larson as Carol Danvers / Captain Marvel
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A few thoughts on Avengers: Endgame
Fans of the assembled-heroes rush should open My Hero Academia, a superhero ensemble where students carry the same weight of legacy and sacrifice. For a grand emotional team climax across a huge cast, One Piece pays off long-running stakes the way Endgame does. The comic that started it, Jim Starlin's The Infinity Gauntlet, is where Thanos first snapped.
Marvel movies that build toward one shared universe-wide payoff
Endgame closes out the story that twenty-two Marvel films spent over a decade building, continuing straight from Avengers: Infinity War. Iron Man 2 plants early seeds, Thor: Ragnarok and Black Panther expand the universe's scope, both Guardians of the Galaxy films bring in the cosmic side, and Captain Marvel and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania extend the timeline the saga runs on.
DC's own multiverse-spanning superhero team-ups
Endgame's climax pulls in heroes from across an entire cinematic universe for one battle, and DC's screen output chases that same crossover scale. Justice League assembles its core team, Crisis on Infinite Earths and The Flashpoint Paradox rewrite continuity through a multiverse lens, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom and The Flash send established heroes through reality-bending stakes, and Green Lantern: Beware My Power adds DC's own founding mythology.
Comics about hero teams uniting to stop an extinction-level threat
Endgame's plot traces back directly to The Infinity Gauntlet, the comic where a team of heroes first banded together against a cosmic threat this large. Other ensemble comics share that same instinct to unite against annihilation: My Hero Academia's classmates, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' found-family squad, Fullmetal Alchemist's sibling-led alliance, One Piece's growing crew, and Attack on Titan's soldiers facing a threat to their world.