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Metascore
44 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80EmpireChris Hewitt (1)EmpireChris Hewitt (1)For a movie that has dark in its title, and which is — yes! — darker (people die, Asgard is grimier, as befitting Alan Taylor’s Game Of Thrones heritage), Thor 2.0 is consistently amusing.
- 80Total FilmNeil SmithTotal FilmNeil SmithMarvel’s man with the mallet does all that’s required of him in a breakneck sequel that’s never dark for long. Next time, though, we’ll have more Loki and fewer elves.
- 70VarietyJustin ChangVarietyJustin ChangThis robust, impersonal visual-effects showpiece proves buoyant and unpretentious enough to offset its stew of otherwise derivative fantasy/action elements.
- 70New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinNew York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinThor: The Dark World gets a lot more entertaining in the second hour, when the shape-shifting Loki is sprung from his cell (for complicated reasons) and immediately begins trading bitchy insults with his forthright, manly brother.
- No amount of tool-wielding heroism can save The Dark World from being a startlingly unbalanced movie.
- 60Time Out LondonTom HuddlestonTime Out LondonTom HuddlestonThis is a deeply silly, extremely noisy and sometimes impenetrable action movie that’s drowning in CGI, wild overacting and mullets. And it’s enormously entertaining.
- 50The PlaylistOliver LytteltonThe PlaylistOliver LytteltonA film that is enjoyable in spots, but haphazard and ultimately unsatisfying.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterLeslie FelperinThe Hollywood ReporterLeslie FelperinAlthough director Alan Taylor manages to get things going properly for the final battle in London, the long stretches before that on Asgard and the other branches of Yggdrasil are a drag.
- 40The TelegraphRobbie CollinThe TelegraphRobbie CollinIt feels entirely made by committee – the definition of house style, without a personal stamp in sight.