Loyalty has a high price in secret invasionthe new Disney+ series. He knows Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson), who has returned from his retirement in space to face a devastating threat. Also Talos (Ben Mendelsohn), expatriate by the survivors of the race Skrull and become an outcast of his culture.
But, especially, people who have to face an invasion hidden under an ordinary appearance know it. If something shows the first chapters of the last series of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is that the truth moves through the shifting grounds of deception. That nothing is what it seems, much less is there a way to verify what is real in a large-scale hoax that has lasted decades.
secret invasiondirected by Thomas Bezucha and Ali Selim, is a tense and well-constructed thriller reminiscent of Against the drug empireby William Friedkin. During the initial minutes, the conversation that the Agent Ross (Martin Freeman) argues with an insider refers to the film directly, which makes clear the production’s intentions to be more than just a piece in the Marvel franchise or just a deep story.
secret invasion
Disney+’s Secret Invasion series leaves Marvel’s optimism behind to explore its darkest places. Each character embodies the darkest and darkest version of him, which makes the plot a trap in which nothing is what it seems. Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) returns from space to face the unimaginable: an alien attack in the midst of a large-scale hoax that could spark deadly warfare. At the same time, his influence and capabilities are diminished. All this in the middle of the confrontation against a despotic enemy that he does not hesitate to kill. Loyalty comes at a high price in a storyline that could be Marvel’s best in years.
The dangerous atmosphere that supports Kyle Bradstreet’s script details that every element of the superhero saga could change. Become more dense and even be interpreted in a new way. This is the prelude to a hunting game that will become more complicated and convoluted as it becomes clear that the Skrull they are no longer allies of Earth.
The evil that dwells among us
Perhaps they never have been. In a nod to Michael Bendis’ eponymous comic, published in 2008, the newcomer Nick Fury he discovers that the faces he trusts could be a mask. This includes her closest collaborators and the officials in her charge.
The alien race, left to its own devices after the actions of Thanos and subjected to the ridicule of the ignorance of the surviving governments, seeks revenge. She will get it—or try to get it—in the uncertain terrain after the snap. In the midst of the physical decline and political influence of a Fury that he is only the shadow of the agent that he was.
The plot of Secret Invasion turns the figure responsible for the Avengers initiative into an outcast. A man persecuted both by his own, and by a stealthy race that knows that his death would unbalance the instances of power. Gradually, Samuel L. Jackson’s character shows the ability of him, even twilight. But it is immediately clear that the mission is beyond him and he is unlikely to succeed in it.
secret invasion and its riddles
The argument works as long as secret invasion it abandons the tone of Marvel to become a new storytelling. In the same way that Andor distanced himself from the rhythm and tone of Star Wars, secret invasion it does so from the expanded universe from which it comes.
Although he takes his characters, they all have facets different from the known ones and each of his conversations and appearances on the screen is a test to analyze his identity. Is it really about Nick Fury, this battered man who no longer wears a patch over his blind eye? Is Mary Hill (Cobie Smulders), the silent woman who doesn’t answer essential questions?
But the network of enigmas of secret invasion it extends far beyond its protagonists. In a solid network of connections, the story grows by touching several settings at the same time. On the one hand, the plan Skrull to create the conditions for a warlike confrontation between the great powers of the world that benefits its people. On the other, the debates surrounding and crushing the aliens in a stealthy civil war. Those who were refugees are now conquerors, divisions are inevitable.
A conspiracy that grows stealthily
Talos he will have to face not only the betrayal of his daughter G’iah (Emilia Clarke), but also that of Gravik (Kingsley Ben-Adir), the violent young leader he watched grow up. The combination of emotional, political and even cultural tension makes secret invasion in a narrative that strives to deepen with each sequence. What he achieves by staying in the uncharted space of what Marvel has been up until now.
Each figure appears and disappears amid suspicion. Sonya (Olivia Colman) could be an ally of Fury Or maybe your enemy. As her true interests are revealed, she is ruthless, cold, and cunning. james rhodes (Don Cheadle) becomes a key political piece that the US government uses in its low hours. Little by little, the map of interests is drawn across two continents and the different factions of a perverse, dark conspiracy destined for triumph.
The heroes of the decline in Secret Invasion
In his second chapter —with a noticeable loss in the team of Fury—, secret invasion it gets darker and twisted. An all out war is about to break out and a new visible head seeks to provoke it. The series provides just enough context by adding to Carol Danvers (Brie Larson) to what happens. Her name is a warning to Earth’s surviving heroes, but the once-world’s most feared spy has no wish to involve her. The script then becomes more elegant and precise, by telling in depth the secret story of the movements of Fury behind the strings of power.
secret invasion travels around the world to demonstrate the seriousness of the conflict. Remi Adefarasin’s photography turns Moscow into a dark redoubt, full of alleys and dangers. London, overshadowed by tragedy, is a desolate landscape. The settings give the series a sobriety unknown in the Marvel universe. Also, a precise collection of iconic scenes that rebuild the saga from its initial approach.
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If the publisher’s film world was always based on his optimism and heart, secret invasion It’s a bet on the dark side. To hatred, violence and a crude conception of fear and mistrust. Marvel’s childhood and joyful adolescence is over. This new chapter of the Marvel Cinematic Universe shows that, from now on, the path will be dark, elusive and hard to understand. A world of grown and wounded heroes looking for redemption.