The movie will be led by Gemma Chan as Sersi, an empathetic Eternal with a strong connection to humans and the Earth, who can manipulate inanimate matter, with Game of Thrones star Kit Harington starring as Dane Whitman, a human who goes on to become the superhero known as Black Knight. Created by the Celestials, a race of powerful extra-terrestrial cosmic beings who have secretly lived on Earth for over 7000 years, the Eternals must reunite to protect humanity from their evil counterparts, the Deviants.ĭespite the critical bashing, Eternals should be commended for amassing an epic ensemble cast, which includes the likes of Angelina Jolie as the fierce Eternal warrior, Thena, Richard Madden as Ikaris, the tactical leader of the Eternals, Kumail Nanjiani as Kingo, an Eternal who can shoot cosmic energy projectiles from his hands, Lauren Ridloff as Makkari, an Eternal with the gift of super-speed, Brian Tyree Henry as Phastos, who poses super-intelligence, Salma Hayek as Ajak, the leader of the Eternals, and Don Lee as Gilgamesh, the strongest Eternal. Enter the Eternals, a species of immortal aliens from a distant planet who arrived on earth thousands of years ago and have been protecting humans since the dawn of time. Until now, the MCU's lowest rated outings were Thor: The Dark World at 66% followed by The Incredible Hulk at 67%, but unfortunately, Eternals has emerged as a much more divisive outing than anyone really expected.Įternals introduces a whole new side to the already vast Marvel Cinematic Universe, picking up following the events of 2019's comic book blockbuster event, Avengers: Endgame. The MCU installment's rating has been slowing dropping for several days now, and while it has been sat at around 60% for most of the time since its release, the numbers have decreased past the point of fresh, and into the dreaded realm of rotten.

'An ambitious superhero epic that soars as often as it strains, Eternals takes the MCU in intriguing - and occasionally confounding - new directions,' reads the site's critical consensus. Eternals though has sadly ended the trend with a big, green splat now sat against its name. Until now, Marvel's output has been 25 for 25, with each movie earning the red tomato symbol, and some of which even achieving the coveted 'certified fresh' emblem. It was bound to happen eventually, but It's still a little disappointing that it has.

Eternals has emerged as the Marvel Cinematic Universe's first 'rotten' movie, and at the time of this writing sits at 53% on review-aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes.

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