It goes without saying (then why the heck am I saying it?) that I am a huge Marvel fan. Since the Infinity Saga began way back with Iron Man I have loved almost every movie and television show they have produced. The only real exceptions are Eternals, Black Panther 2, and Secret Invasion. And even those I enjoyed enough watching once. I just won't ever watch them again.
I added those exceptions to try to show that I don't just automatically love everything Marvel produces. Because man I LOVED Marvel Zombies. It was an incredible show that packed with action.
As always, I will never post any spoilers, but to review this show, I must at least include the characters involved. If you think it will be a problem to hear which characters are involved, stop reading this and just go watch the show. If you care enough not to want things to be spoiled, then you are a true Marvel fan who will love Marvel Zombies.
Marvel Zombies takes off where the exciting What if... zombie episode left off. And I am thrilled that it did!
After watching the first of the four episodes of Marvel Zombies, I immediately began hoping that the rumored "Young Avengers show will actually be made. That's becuase the first episode of Marvel Zombies is centered around Kamala Khan (Ms. Marvel), Kate Bishop (Hawkeye) and Riri Williams (Ironheart). I absolutely love these characters and the projects they have been in. When I mentioned not loving Black Panther 2, I failed to mention that the only parts I would want to see again are the scenes with Riri Williams. And Ms Marvel and Hawkeye were two of my favorite tv shows. In Fact, I plan to watch Hawkeye during every Christmas break for the foreseeable future.
Aside form loving the main characters, the first episode does a great job of setting the tone. This is NOT a children's show. It is a horror cartoon with tons of violence and deaths (and after-deaths). No character in the huge Marvel stable is safe from being killed or turned into a zombie. If you have a favorite that you hope succumb to the diseases, you can stop hoping now. the odds are not with you. It was also action packed.
Episode two is one of my favorites. It is hard to believe but Marvel Zombies is the first project Shang-Chi is in since his exciting stand alone movie. Including Shang-Chi means that we get to see Awkwafina rejoin the universe as well. I thoroughly enjoyed her portrayal of Shang-Chi's friend Katy Chen in the film and she brings that same humor to the cartoon. This entire episode has a more comedic tone (in-between the gruesome deaths) as Red Guardian and Yelena Belova get in on the action. But the most incredible character is definitely Blade Knight who is a combination of Blade and Moon Knight. I won't list any other characters and that would be too close to providing a spoiler. Suffice it to say that there is tons of action, gore and laughs in this episode.
As the series continues, more characters are added to the mix each episode. This time we get to see Spider-Man and his amazing friends Thor, Ant_man and Valkyrie leap into the action. Although. there is a lot of action for them to jump into, this episode provided a little more setup for the finale than the others. It tells a bit more of the story in-between the gory deaths of so many characters.
The finale blew me away. Not only are there some huge surprises with characters, it includes one of the biggest battles since Avengers:Endgame. It is fitting consider the Infinity Stones are the main McGuffin once again. even though the final episode is only 28 minutes long, it felt much longer as it was packed with action and a really cool plot setup.
Overall, when you. put together all four episodes, the result is an epic movie. For me, the four episodes combined ranks in the top ten of Marvel movies. Although I knew a little bit about the Zombies from the comic books, it was not necessary to have any background knowledge. thanks to excellent writing, anyone could jump in cold and thoroughly enjoy this story.
