Thunder Force

Name: Thunder Force
Genre: Action, Comedy
Released: April 9, 2021
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 34
Cast: Bobby Cannavale, Jason Bateman, Melissa Leo, Melissa McCarthy, Melissa Ponzio

2021

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Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): April 9, 2021 | PG-13

Starring: Bobby Cannavale, Jason Bateman, Melissa Leo, Melissa McCarthy, Melissa Ponzio, Octavia Spencer, Pom Klementieff, Sarah Baker, Shane Berengue, Tyrel Jackson Williams

Summary: In a world where supervillains are commonplace, two estranged childhood best friends Lydia (Melissa McCarthy) and Emily (Octavia Spencer) reunite after Emily devises a treatment that gives them the powers to protect their city. While the pair have wildly different personalities — Lydia is a free spirit who leaps without looking and Emily isIn a world where supervillains are commonplace, two estranged childhood best friends Lydia (Melissa McCarthy) and Emily (Octavia Spencer) reunite after Emily devises a treatment that gives them the powers to protect their city. While the pair have wildly different personalities — Lydia is a free spirit who leaps without looking and Emily is a meticulous scientist—their lifelong bond of friendship sees them through their adventures. With help from Emily’s daughter Tracy (Taylor Mosby), the two are ready to do battle with the evil “Miscreants” including “The Crab” (Jason Bateman), “Laser” (Pom Klementieff), and their leader “The King” (Bobby Cannavale).… Expand

Director: Ben Falcone

Genre(s): Action, Comedy

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 105 min

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K. Austin Collins

Apr 12, 2021

Thunder Force is another of McCarthy’s collaborations with her partner, Ben Falcone (who has a small role), and bears all the effortless likability of a well-oiled machine, which cannot help but feel like a real limit on what McCarthy et. al. are capable of while also making a great case for how watchable these actors are when they lean in to being a little washed, a little lo-fi. Read full review

Blake Goble

Apr 9, 2021

Better than My Super-Ex Girlfriend, sloppier than Hancock, it’s nothing dynamic but fun all the same. And frankly, not every superhero flick or comedy needs to be the Super-person of its domain. Likability is sometimes an underrated super-power, and Thunder Force is bursting with it. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Sheila O'Malley

Apr 9, 2021

With such powerhouses as McCarthy and Spencer at the helm, it's a surprise that so much of the film is inert, rote, conventional. Read full review

Rachel LaBonte

Apr 9, 2021

Its leading ladies are in fine form, as always, and they're backed by some lively performers. It's the story that struggles to come through, along with a reluctance to just let loose in every way possible. Read full review

Richard Roeper

Apr 9, 2021

It’s always a shame when a group of talented humans get together and deliver something that comes across as a halfhearted effort, even if they poured their blood, sweat and tears into it. Read full review

James Berardinelli

Apr 12, 2021

Belly-flopping into the superhero movie pool, Thunder Force illustrates what happens when filmmakers take a moderately interesting premise and surround it with witless writing, cringe-inducing acting, stagnant action, humor-deprived comedy, and feckless drama. Read full review

Mark Kennedy

Apr 9, 2021

It’s a tedious mess to endure and seemed like way more fun making than watching. Read full review

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Riellis

Apr 10, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Great movie! Great for family. I found myself laughing in a few scenes. Did I do that! Lol fun fun. Good times.… Expand

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George1965

Apr 17, 2021

Loved this movie!! A very funny and touching Superhero movie with two women as the leads. Love Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer!!!!!

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Graybeard

May 2, 2021

Good movie that made my wife and I laugh a lot. Yes it's cringy but it's supposed to be. That seems to be lost on people. Honestly I don't get the really low reviews it just doesn't make sense unless you thought this was supposed to be a serious movie.

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MetacriticOnur

Jul 14, 2021

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bfoore90

Jun 28, 2021

An action/adventure film with little action/adventure and a comedy thats not very funny. Melissa McCarthy needs to find herself a new husband!

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cypronge

Apr 16, 2021

Pure trash , piece of **** . Worst super hero movie ever ... nothing more to add.

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Mal81

Apr 9, 2021

Complete waste of time. No logic in these characters having multi-million dollar genetic treatments to give a couple overweight 50 year old women superpowers. It’s not even filled with comedy to overshadow its absurdity. A few laughs and loads of pointless vanity nonsense. Hard, HARD pass

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