Avengers: Infinity War
film by Anthony and Joe Russo [2018]
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Scene from Avengers: Infinity War
Benedict Cumberbatch (left) as Doctor Strange and Robert Downey, Jr., as Iron Man in Avengers: Infinity War (2018).
Avengers: Infinity War is a 2018 American superhero film directed by Anthony and Joe Russo. It is the culmination of an 18-film narrative arc within the Marvel Cinematic Universe.12
The film pits virtually every major character from the Marvel Cinematic Universe against the cosmic villain Thanos, who seeks to collect the Infinity Stones to impose his will upon the universe. The story is a massive narrative that was concluded in the subsequent film, Avengers: Endgame.1
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