The film doesn't just reassemble the all - star ranks, cramming sardonic billionaire Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.), unfrozen super soldier Steve Rogers (Chris Evans), thunder god Thor (Chris Hemsworth), reformed assassin Natasha Romanoff (Scarlett Johansson), flinty marksman Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner), and occasional giant green monster Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo) back into the frame together. (film.avclub.com)
It is no coincidence that there is no need for thunder gods now that we understand the mechanisms of lighting. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)
Chris Hemsworth returns at the titular thunder god in a movie that is a combination sci - fi, fantasy and Dr.. Who that works — barely. (scene-stealers.com)