Thankfully, "Thunderbolts*" reminds of the early, go-for-broke days of the MCU with a crew of lovable characters – David Harbour is the gift that keeps on giving as ex-Soviet super-soldier Red Guardian – and a meaningful narrative that leans on the superpowers of friendship and empathy.

Spoilers ahead for the plot, ending, and post-credits scene in Thunderbolts*., If you’ve been wondering about that pesky asterisk in the title Thunderbolts*, the movie’s closi