Storyline
In a world where supervillains are commonplace, two estranged childhood best friends reunite after one devises a treatment that gives them powers to protect their city.
Directors
Cast
Jason Bateman, Kevin Dunn, Bobby Cannavale, Octavia Spencer, Melissa Leo, Melissa McCarthy, Marcella Lowery, Ben Falcone, Sarah Baker, Tyrel Jackson Williams, Melissa Ponzio, John Crow, Steve Mallory, Pom Klementieff, Courtney Patterson, Damon Jones, Isaac Hughes, Tim Lovestedt, Braxton Bjerken, Keil Oakley Zepernick, Taylor Mosby, Jenna Perusich, Nate Hitpas, Jevon White, David Storrs, Henry Bazemore Jr., Mia Kaplan, Trevor Larcom, Brendan Jennings, Valerie Sue Love
Trailer
Reviews
58
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.
50
While McCarthy and Spencer do their damndest to make the family-friendly feature work — McCarthy in particular brings real texture to her charming slacker with a heart of gold, a role she’s played so many times before — Thunder Force isn’t clever enough to break new ground in the superhero milieu, nor is it silly enough to mine its material for the kind of jokes that would make it distinctive.
42
Overall, the comedy in Thunder Force is apathetic and airless, no matter how hard McCarthy tries.
40
This is by-the-numbers stuff, not quite funny enough for comedy or having enough of the crazed seriousness that marks out a successful superhero franchise.
40
IGN
Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer have sparkling screen presence, but can’t thrive under Ben Falcone’s utter lack of vision. Thunder Force doesn’t work as a superhero movie or a buddy comedy, as it refuses to revel in the big moments of either.
