Captain Marvel (film)

Captain Marvel is a 2014 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Carol Danvers. The film was written and directed by Patty Jenkins, with Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci rewriting the screenplay. It is the twelfth film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and was released in the United States on May 2, 2014.

The film stars Brie Larson, Jude Law, Kristen Wiig, Lee Pace, Teyonah Parris, Evan Peters, Gemma Chan, Chris Wood, Lucy Liu, and Mark Ruffalo. The film received positive reviews from critics. A sequel, Captain Marvel: The Enemy Within, was released on May 5, 2017.

Plot
Carol Danvers is a member of the U.S. Air Force who is recruited to work in a S.H.I.E.L.D. program headed by the Avenger Dr. Bruce Banner/Hulk. She is recruited alongside scientific researchers Walter Lawson and Karla Sofen, Navy officer Monica Rambeau, and Banner's protege Rick Jones. Together, the group research a recent discovery of Lawson's: the Cosmic Cube. However, when an alien spacecraft arrives after the Cube is activated, Lawson's true identity as a member of the Kree race named Mar-Vell is revealed and he attempts to protect the rest of the group from the Kree that attack. Banner, despite transforming into the Hulk, is taken out quickly by their advanced weapons, and Karla, Rambeau, and Jones hide. Danvers attempts to help Mar-Vell, but she is caught in the blast of the Cosmic Cube and knocked unconscious. The Kree steal the Cosmic Cube and escape, while Mar-Vell manages to evade capture. Realizing Danvers cannot recover using Earth's medicine, he decides to return to the Kree homeworld of Hala with her.

On Hala, Mar-Vell turns himself in on the condition Danvers is healed. The Kree scientists, led by Doctor Minn-Erva, discover that the Cosmic Cube's blast melded Danvers' D.N.A. with the Kree's, making her a Kree-Human hybrid, along with possibly gaining extraordinary abilities due to the Cosmic Cube's powers. Realizing the advantage this could give them, they decide to wipe Danvers' mind of her human memories and they condition her to believe she is Kree. On Earth, Banner is upset with himself for not seeing through Mar-Vell's disguise, while his team learns that their mission is being taken over by S.W.O.R.D., a top-secret S.H.I.E.L.D. offshoot that specializes in extraterrestrial threats. Director Abigail Brand confiscates their research, and refuses them access.

Danvers trains under General Yon-Rogg, who has become interested in Earth. The Kree's leader, the artificial Supreme Intelligence, gives Yon-Rogg orders to learn more about Earth, in an effort to expand the Kree Empire.

Cast

 * Brie Larson as Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel
 * Jude Law as Mar-Vell/Walter Lawson
 * Kristen Wiig as Karla Sofen
 * Lee Pace as Yon-Rogg
 * Teyonah Parris as Monica Rambeau
 * Evan Peters as Rick Jones
 * Gemma Chan as Minn-Erva
 * Chris Wood as Steve Danvers
 * Lucy Liu as Abigail Brand
 * Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner/Hulk

Box office
Captain Marvel grossed $93.4 million in North America in its opening weekend, debuting at number one for the weekend. In its second weekend, it dropped 60% to gross $36.9, dropping to second place, behind Neighbors. The film fell again to third place for its third weekend, grossing $18.5 million. Its total domestic total was $284 million, comined with an internation gross of $448 million, for a worldwide total of $732 million. It was the eighth-highest-grossing film of 2014.

Critical reception
On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 84%, based on 292 reviews, with an average rating of 7.43/10. The site's consensus reads, "Visually spectacular and suitably action packed, Captain Marvel is a rock-solid installment in the venerable comics franchise, even if it's not as fresh as some of its predecessors." On Metacritic the film has a score of 72 out of 100, based on 43 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale.