Thor Ragnarok – UK Region

DVD Wholesale Quick Overview:

This film provides the most fun I’ve had watching a movie in quite some time. Superhero flicks of late have taken a dark turn (starting with the “Dark Knight”) and really have been taking themselves too seriously. There’s been some humor to be had in more recent fare such as “Wonder Woman” and the even lighter “Spiderman: Homecoming” but nothing like what we get in “Thor- Ragnarok”. Hardcore fans may feel the jocular tone is an insult to the characters but somehow it feels right in this case.

We find Thor (Chris Hemsworth) suspended in a cage in some hellish cave speaking to someone catching us up on his present predicament. Turns out the ‘someone’ is the skeleton of some previous prisoner in the same cage, hardly reassuring. What follows however is an almost non-stop action/adventure tale with continuous laughs that I thoroughly enjoyed. Asgard is in trouble, Odin’s dead, Thor’s estranged sister Hela (Cate Blanchett) the goddess of death has come to claim the throne and she’s a force to be reckoned with. Thor escapes his cage only to return home to find half-brother Loki (Tom Hiddleston) masquerading as Odin (Anthony Hopkins) and enjoying life but is soon on the run from his power hungry and formidable sister. He ends up captured again by an entertainment impresario of sorts; The Grandmaster (Jeff Goldblum) who stages gladiatorial combat for the masses (like WWE on a more primitive and lethal scale). His champion fighter is none other than the MIA Hulk/Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo) and the two have a rocky reunion. We also have on hand Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson, a long way from her ‘Veronica Mars’ days) as a reluctant ally. There’s a bunch of ‘other realm’ and Asgardian mumbo jumbo but it all works if you just relax and let the story carry you along.

Awesome battle sequences and a rocking soundtrack make this the best of the Thor trilogy. So, if you want a break from some of the doom and gloom that often drags down this genre then “Thor- Rangarok” is definitely for you.

– Colonel D

DVD Wholesale Main Features:

Actors: Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Benedict Cumberbatch, Idris Elba, Tessa Thompson
Directors: Taika Waititi
Writers: Eric Pearson
Producers: Kevin Feige
Format: PAL
Language: English, Italian
Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired: English
Aspect Ratio: 2.39:1
Number of discs: 1
Classification: 12
Studio: Disney
DVD Release Date: 26 Feb. 2018
Run Time: 130 minutes
ASIN: B076Q982MN