“Thor: Love and Thunder” is a 2022 American superhero film based on Marvel Comics featuring the character Thor. The film was directed by Taika Waititi, who co-wrote the screenplay with Jennifer Kaytin Robinson. The film stars Chris Hemsworth as Thor, alongside Christian Bale, Tessa Thompson, Jaimie Alexander, Waititi, Russell Crowe, and Natalie Portman.
“Thor: Love and Thunder” is the sequel to “Thor”, “Thor: The Dark World”, “Thor: Ragnarok”, and “Avengers: Endgame”. It is the twenty-ninth film in the MCU and the thirteenth installment of Phase Four1
In the film, Thor tries to find inner peace, but must return to action and recruit Valkyrie (Thompson), Korg (Waititi), and Jane Foster (Portman)—who is now the Mighty Thor—to stop Gorr the God Butcher (Bale) from eliminating all gods. The film premiered at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, on June 23, 2022, and was released in the United States on July 8, as part of Phase Four of the MCU.
The film received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the film for its light-heartedness, action sequences, and the performances of Hemsworth, Bale and Portman, but criticised the screenplay and tonal inconsistencies. The film has a rating of 6.2/10 on IMDb.