Avengers: Endgame

"Even if there's a small chance that we can undo this... I mean, we owe it to everyone who's not in this room to try."

- Black Widow

Avengers: Endgame is a 2019 superhero film, based on the Marvel Comics superhero team of the same name. It is a sequel to The Avengers, Avengers: Age of Ultron and Avengers: Infinity War, and a crossover/sequel to Ant-Man and the Wasp and Captain Marvel. The film is the twenty-second installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the twenty-second and final installment of the Infinity Saga, as well as the tenth installment of Phase Three. It was released in the United States on April 26, 2019.

The film is directed by Joe Russo and Anthony Russo, and stars Robert Downey, Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man, Chris Evans as Steve Rogers/Captain America, Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner/Hulk, Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow, Jeremy Renner as Clint Barton/Hawkeye, Don Cheadle as James Rhodes/War Machine, Paul Rudd as Scott Lang/Ant-Man, Brie Larson as Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel, Karen Gillan as Nebula, Danai Gurira as Okoye, Bradley Cooper as Rocket Raccoon, and Josh Brolin as Thanos.

Synopsis
The grave course of events set in motion by Thanos that wiped out half the universe and fractured the Avengers ranks compels the remaining Avengers to take one final stand in Marvel Studios' grand conclusion to twenty-two films, Avengers: Endgame.

Plot
The movie opens with Clint Barton training his daughter Lila in archery at Clint Barton's Homestead, as she scores a bulls-eye. However, Clint's family disintegrates from the Decimation, leaving Clint in anguish.

Three weeks later, Tony Stark and Nebula are adrift in space on the Benatar, running out of supplies. In desperation, Tony records a message to Pepper Potts in his helmet. Soon after, Carol Danvers arrives to the pair's aid and brings them and the ship to the Avengers Headquarters on Earth. Stark is reunited with Potts and the remaining Avengers who survived the Decimation. Tony tells Steve Rogers that he "lost the kid," upon seeing him, referring to Peter Parker's demise on Titan.

In the Avengers Compound, Roger asks Stark if he has any clues as to where Thanos may be, to which Stark furiously snaps back at him for the unresolved issues that happened in their civil war. After this outburst, he faints, exhausted.

While trying to track Thanos, Rocket states that when Thanos used the stones on Earth, it let out a large burst of energy. That the same signal, he states, appeared two days ago on a planet. With this new clue, the Avengers set out to confront Thanos to retrieve the Infinity Stones in hopes to bring half the universe's population back. Stark is left behind in the infirmary.

Tracking the signal to Thanos' farm on Titan II, the Avengers find a weakened and isolated Thanos with horrific burns across his face and left arm. They surprise him, during which Thor severs Thanos' left arm and Gauntlet completely with Stormbreaker. To the Avengers' surprise, Thanos' gauntlet is void of Stones.

Under interrogation, Thanos explains that the Stones will be, "nothing but a temptation," should he keep them, and after completing his goal, used the Stones to destroy themselves. The Avengers accuse him of lying, to which Nebula responds that while her father is many things, he is not a liar. Enraged, Thor decapitates Thanos, killing the Mad Titan. When Rocket asks what he has done, Thor replies that, this time, he "went for the head."

Five years pass by as the remaining Avengers are left to deal with what happened on Titan II. Scott Lang escapes the Quantum Realm after a rat trips the switch to activate the portal in Luis' Van, which has since been moved into a storage facility after the events in Ant-Man and the Wasp. He then finds out about the Decimation. After visiting a memorial park containing large stones engraved with the names of those who "vanished" in the Decimation searching for Cassie Lang, he reunites with his daughter, Cassie.

Upon realizing that Hope Van Dyne, Hank Pym and Janet Van Dyne were snapped out of existence, he then travels to the Avengers Headquarters, announcing to Natasha Romanoff and Rogers that the Quantum Realm might be the key to bringing back half the universe. The trio, with limited knowledge about the Quantum Realm, travel to Stark's home to consult him.

Stark argues against the idea of time travel, fearing that altering the past could erase their very existence. Disappointed, Rogers, Romanoff and Lang leave and instead meet with Bruce Banner at a restaurant. After the Decimation, and both Hulk and Banner's defeat at the hands of Thanos, Banner decided to use gamma radiation to morph his body to be the size and appearance of Hulk, but retain the intelligence and control of Banner. However, with his meager knowledge of quantum physics, he doubts that it can be done, but agrees to help them experiment with the idea.

Later, motivated by a picture of Peter Parker, Stark uses F.R.I.D.A.Y. to run different possible configurations for a time machine. He then discovers the key to time travel using a Mobius strip design. Having done so, he discusses with Potts about the morality of time traveling.

In the mean time, Banner and Rocket head to Tønsberg, Norway (also known as "New Asgard") to recruit Thor. Upon arrival, they discover that he has gained considerable weight, become an alcoholic, and has spent much of his time playing video games with Korg and Miek. However, Banner and Rocket convince Thor to help them.

Returning to Avengers Headquarters, Banner experiments with sending Lang back in time. He runs into problems with returning him to the present at the correct age. However, Stark, having undergone a change of heart, arrives to help the Avengers.

Meanwhile, Romanoff intercepts Barton (now known as ronin) in Tokyo and tells him of the Avengers' plan. Barton agrees to help, having found "hope" again, and return to Headquarters together. Barton decides to be the first test to see if time travel is really possible.When Barton is successful in being sent back to the past, the Avengers then begin to make a plan to take the Infinity Stones from the past and bring them back to the future to restore all the people killed by the Decimation.

They discuss where and when they can find all six Infinity Stones. The Soul Stone is on Vormir, while the Power Stone can be found on the planet Morag. The Reality Stone is on Asgard in 2013, and the remaining three stones, Space, Mind, and Time, can all be found on New York in 2012.

The Avengers only have enough Pym Particles for one round trip for each, so they split into three separate teams: Thor and Rocket to Asgard, Nebula and James Rhodes to Morag, and Romanoff, Barton to Vormir, Rogers, Stark, Banner, and Lang would go to New York during the Battle of New York.

In New York, Banner meets the Ancient One and explains to her their predicament. The Ancient One educates Banner on time travel, telling him that instead of actually affecting the past, time travel creates alternate realities, which can be dangerous. Banner eventually convinces the Ancient One into giving him the Time Stone and returns to the Headquarters by himself. Stark and Lang follow the Tesseract, but fail to retrieve it. On the other hand, Rogers fights the old Rodgers and successfully acquires Loki's Scepter, and the Mind Stone within. When the remaining three meet up, Rogers and Stark decide to use their Pym Particles to travel to S.H.I.E.L.D. Headquarters in 1970, where they could find both the Tesseract and more Pym Particles to return home. Lang takes the Mind Stone and returns to Avengers Headquarters by himself in 2012.

Thor and Rocket, having been able to locate Jane Foster on Asgard, use a device to extract the stone from her blood. Thor, initially distracted by his mother, reclaims Mjolnir before he and Rocket return to the present.

Rhodes and Nebula are dropped off on Morag and watch Peter Quill infiltrate the temple holding the Power Stone. However, the past versions of Thanos, Gamora, and Nebula travel to Morag after detecting present-day Nebula. Rhodes travels back to present time, but a malfunctioning Nebula is left to be found by Thanos and her younger self, who uses Nebula's time traveling device to travel forward in time and impersonate her future self.

Romanoff and Barton are greeted on Vormir by Red Skull. Once they are informed of the sacrifice they had to make, they briefly fight each other for the right to sacrifice themselves for the other, which ends in Romanoff throwing herself from the cliff to her death. A deeply saddened Barton claims the Soul Stone and returns without Romanoff.

In 1970, Rogers locates the Pym Particles while Stark finds the Tesseract. However, when they attempt to meet up, Rogers sees Peggy Carter. On the other hand, Stark runs into his father. After a long conversation, Tony thanks his father for raising him whilst still maintaining his hidden identity. Stark and Rogers then return home to present time.

The Avengers return to the future to find each other and the successfully acquired Infinity Stones. They mourn Romanoff, and set about utilizing the Stones with a new determination. Stark, with the help of Banner and Rocket, creates his own Infinity Gauntlet. After a short discussion, Banner decides to reverse the Decimation himself, as he is the only one who could withstand the radiation caused by using all six stones. Upon snapping his fingers, he suffers major damage to his arm and shoulder, but is successful.

The past version of Nebula activates the time machine, allowing Thanos and his army to arrive in present day. After destroying the facility with the Sanctuary II's weapons, he unleashes his army of Chitauri, Outriders and more, led by Proxima Midnight, Ebony Maw, Corvus Glaive, and Cull Obsidian.

In the rubble, the Avengers are separated, and Thor, Rogers and Stark resolve to stop the past version of Thanos. Barton finds the Gauntlet, and fights to keep the Outriders from taking it before being tricked by Nebula. Gamora and the future Nebula, having decided to work together, kill the past version.

Thanos easily defeats Thor, Rogers and Stark who go to confront him. As Thanos taunts Rogers, reinforcements arrive in the form of sling ring portals revealing the previously fallen heroes, including Sam Wilson, Doctor Strange, Black Panther, Scarlet Witch, Spider-Man, Drax, Groot, Wasp, Star-Lord, Mantis, Valkyrie, Okoye, Shuri and Winter Soldier. They lead the Masters of the Mystic Arts, Dora Milaje, Ravagers, and Asgardians to the fight, and the two armies collide in the Battle of Earth.

During the battle, the newly "assembled" Avengers attempt to keep the Gauntlet away from Thanos and his forces, passing it between themselves. The Avengers attempt to force Thanos back into the past using the portal in Luis' van, but fail. Instead, Danvers arrives, destroying the Sanctuary II, and pushes back against the enemy forces.

Eventually, after fighting against, and defeating various Avengers, Thanos retrieves the gauntlet and snaps his fingers. However, Iron Man has already taken the stones for himself and activates them on his own Gauntlet built into his suit by snapping his fingers. Thanos accepts his fate and sits quietly on a rock as he and his army disintegrate into dust.

However, Stark is mortally wounded from his wounds and radiation poisoning from using the stones, and is comforted by Parker and Pepper Potts as he dies. His funeral is held outside his home, with all the Avengers in attendance, including other important individuals like Nick Fury, Thaddeus Ross, May Parker, and even Harley Keener.

Afterwards, having planned to return the Infinity Stones back, Rogers is nominated. They send him into the past with all the Stones, but he does not return. Instead, Wilson and Barnes then meet an elderly Rogers, who had decided to stay in the past to live out the rest of his life with Carter. Rogers then gives his shield to Wilson, saying that he should take it, despite Wilson's protests.

Thor joins the Guardians of the Galaxy, naming Brunnhilde to be the new Queen of Asgardians. On the Benatar, Quill can be seen looking for Gamora.

Cast

 * Robert Downey, Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man
 * Chris Evans as Steve Rogers/Captain America
 * Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner/Hulk
 * Chris Hemsworth as Thor
 * Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow
 * Jeremy Renner as Clint Barton/Hawkeye
 * Don Cheadle as James Rhodes/War Machine
 * Paul Rudd as Scott Lang/Ant-Man
 * Bazlo and Loen LeClair as Baby Scott Lang
 * Jackson Dunn as 12 year old Scott Lang
 * Lee Moore as 93 year old Scott Lang
 * Benedict Cumberbatch as Stephen Strange/Doctor Strange
 * Chadwick Boseman as T'Challa/Black Panther
 * Brie Larson as Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel
 * Tom Holland as Peter Parker/Spider-Man
 * Karen Gillan as Nebula
 * Zoe Saldana as Gamora (alternate timeline)
 * Evangeline Lilly as Hope van Dyne/Wasp
 * Tessa Thompson as Brunnhilde/Valkyrie
 * Rene Russo as Frigga (alternate timeline)
 * Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch
 * Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson/Falcon
 * Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier
 * Tom Hiddleston as Loki (alternate timelines)
 * Danai Gurira as Okoye
 * Benedict Wong as Wong
 * Pom Klementieff as Mantis
 * Dave Bautista as Drax the Destroyer
 * Letitia Wright as Shuri
 * John Slattery as Howard Stark (alternate timeline)
 * Tilda Swinton as Ancient One (alternate timeline)
 * Jon Favreau as Happy Hogan
 * Hayley Atwell as Peggy Carter (alternate timeline)
 * Natalie Portman as Jane Foster (alternate timeline)
 * Marisa Tomei as May Parker
 * Taika Waititi as Korg
 * Angela Bassett as Ramonda
 * Michael Douglas as Hank Pym
 * John Michael Morris as Young Hank Pym (alternate timeline)
 * Michelle Pfeiffer as Janet van Dyne
 * William Hurt as Thaddeus Ross
 * Cobie Smulders as Maria Hill
 * Winston Duke as M'Baku
 * Linda Cardellini as Laura Barton
 * Maximiliano Hernández as Jasper Sitwell (alternate timeline)
 * Frank Grillo as Brock Rumlow (alternate timeline)
 * Hiroyuki Sanada as Akihiko
 * Tom Vaughan-Lawlor as Ebony Maw (alternate timeline)
 * James D'Arcy as Edwin Jarvis (alternate timeline)
 * Jacob Batalon as Ned Leeds
 * Vin Diesel as Groot (voice)
 * Bradley Cooper as Rocket Raccoon (voice)
 * Sean Gunn as Rocket Raccoon (motion-capture)
 * Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Potts/Rescue
 * Robert Redford as Alexander Pierce (alternate timeline)
 * Josh Brolin as Thanos
 * Chris Pratt as Peter Quill/Star-Lord
 * Sean Gunn as Kraglin Obfonteri
 * Seth Green as Howard the Duck
 * Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury
 * Ross Marquand as Johann Schmidt/Red Skull (alternate timeline)
 * Emma Fuhrmann as Cassie Lang
 * Michael Shaw as Corvus Glaive (alternate timeline)
 * Terry Notary as Cull Obsidian (alternate timeline) / Groot (motion-capture)
 * Carrie Coon as Proxima Midnight (alternate timeline)
 * Monique Ganderton as Proxima Midnight (motion-capture)
 * Ava Russo as Lila Barton
 * Ben Sakamoto as Cooper Barton
 * Cade Woodward as Nathaniel Barton
 * Kerry Condon as F.R.I.D.A.Y.
 * Callan Mulvey as Jack Rollins (alternate timeline)
 * Ty Simpkins as Harley Keener
 * Ken Jeong as Storage Facility Guard
 * Yvette Nicole Brown as Woman in Elevator
 * Lexi Rabe as Morgan Stark
 * Stan Lee as a '70s Car Man (alternate timeline)
 * Anthony Breed as '70s Car Man (motion-capture)
 * Jim Starlin as Man at Counseling
 * Gozie Agbo as Man at Counseling

Location

 * Earth
 * Clint Barton's Homestead
 * New York
 * New Avengers Facility
 * Stark Residence
 * New York City, New York
 * New York Sanctum
 * Metro-General Hospital
 * Midtown School of Science and Technology
 * Stark Residence
 * San Francisco, California
 * Maggie Lang's House
 * Tønsberg, Norway
 * New Asgard
 * Washington, D.C.
 * Tokyo, Japan
 * Wakanda
 * Golden City
 * Citadel
 * Los Angeles, California
 * South Africa (mentioned)
 * Mexico (mentioned)
 * Germany (mentioned)
 * Flughafen Leipzig-Halle (mentioned)
 * Ten Rings Base (mentioned; deleted scene)
 * Titan
 * Titan II
 * Thanos' Farm
 * Multiverse
 * Quantum Realm
 * Multiverse
 * Quantum Realm


 * Alternate Timelines
 * Earth
 * Clint Barton's Homestead
 * New York City, New York
 * Stark Tower
 * New York Sanctum
 * Metro-General Hospital (mentioned)
 * Wheaton, New Jersey
 * Camp Lehigh
 * Budapest, Hungary (mentioned)
 * Massachusetts Institute of Technology (mentioned)
 * Asgard
 * Asgardian Dungeons
 * Asgardian Palace
 * Morag
 * Temple Vault
 * Vormir
 * Harokin (mentioned)
 * Multiverse
 * Astral Dimension
 * Quantum Realm

Events

 * Infinity War
 * Decimation
 * Rescue of Tony Stark
 * Ambush on Thanos
 * Massacre in Tokyo
 * Time Heist
 * Reversal of the Decimation
 * Attack on the New Avengers Facility
 * Battle of Earth
 * Funeral of Tony Stark
 * Avengers Civil War (mentioned)
 * Clash of the Avengers (mentioned)
 * Kidnapping of Tony Stark (mentioned; deleted scene)
 * First Dark Elf Conflict (mentioned)


 * Alternate Timelines
 * Time Heist
 * Theft of the Mind Stone
 * Theft of the Space Stone
 * Theft of the Reality Stone
 * Theft of the Power Stone
 * Kidnapping of Nebula
 * Sacrifice of Natasha Romanoff
 * Chitauri Invasion
 * Battle of New York
 * Quest for the Orb
 * Battle of Morag

Items

 * Vibranium
 * Captain America's Shield
 * Panther Habit
 * Vibranium Spear
 * Vibranium Gauntlets
 * Uru
 * Stormbreaker
 * Infinity Gauntlet
 * Mjølnir
 * Captain America's Uniform
 * Iron Man Armors
 * Iron Man Armor: Mark XLIX
 * Iron Man Armor: Mark L
 * Iron Man Armor: Mark LXXXV
 * War Machine Armors
 * War Machine Armor: Mark IV
 * War Machine Armor: Mark V
 * War Machine Armor: Mark VI
 * Rescue Armor
 * Thor's Prosthetic Eye
 * Asgardian Armor
 * Arc Reactor
 * James Rhodes' Leg Braces
 * Thanos' Armor
 * Hawkeye's Bow and Quiver
 * Ronin Suit
 * Ronin's Sword
 * Wristbow
 * Hulk's Stretchable Suit
 * Ant-Man Suit
 * Pym Particles
 * Pym Particles Disks
 * Advanced Tech Suit
 * Black Widow's Batons
 * Electroshock Batons
 * Starforce Uniform
 * Valkyrie's Armor
 * Iron Gauntlet
 * Wasp Suit
 * Quantum Realm Exploration Suit
 * Iron Spider Armor
 * Web-Shooters
 * Synthetic Webbing
 * Cloak of Levitation
 * Sling Ring
 * Tao Mandalas
 * Star-Lord's Helmet
 * Quad Blasters
 * Drax the Destroyer's Knives
 * Rescue Armor
 * Ultron Program (mentioned)
 * Ultron Program (mentioned)


 * Alternate Timelines
 * Infinity Stones
 * Scepter
 * Mind Stone
 * Tesseract
 * Space Stone
 * Eye of Agamotto
 * Time Stone
 * Orb
 * Power Stone
 * Aether
 * Reality Stone
 * Soul Stone
 * Uru
 * Mjølnir
 * Iron Man Armor: Mark VII
 * Arc Reactor
 * Tony Stark's New Element
 * Captain America's Uniform
 * Vibranium
 * Captain America's Shield
 * Hawkeye's Bow and Quiver
 * Black Widow's Bite
 * Pym Particles
 * Double-Edged Sword
 * Proxima Midnight's Spear
 * Corvus Glaive's Glaive
 * Cull Obsidian's Chain Hammer
 * Chitauri Helmet
 * Chitauri Staff
 * Chitauri Armor
 * Aakonian Ale (mentioned)

Vehicles

 * Benatar
 * Quinjet
 * Luis' Van


 * Alternate Timelines
 * Sanctuary II
 * Q-Ships
 * Outrider Dropships
 * Chitauri Chariot
 * Milano

Sentient Species

 * Humans
 * Asgardians
 * Titans
 * Luphomoids
 * Halfworlders
 * Kree
 * Kronans
 * Celestials
 * Flora colossus
 * Xandarians
 * Dark Elves (mentioned)
 * Xorrians (mentioned)


 * Alternate Timelines
 * Humans
 * Celestials
 * Asgardians
 * Luphomoids
 * Zehoberei
 * Frost Giants
 * Chitauri
 * Sakaarans
 * Dark Elves (mentioned)
 * Aakons (mentioned)

Creatures

 * Dogs
 * Valkyries Steeds
 * (mentioned)
 * (mentioned)
 * (mentioned)
 * (mentioned)


 * Alternate Timelines
 * Ants
 * Leviathans
 * Orloni
 * Outriders
 * Chitauri Giant Dogs

Organizations

 * Avengers
 * Guardians of the Galaxy
 * Masters of the Mystic Arts
 * Stark Industries
 * Asgardian Royal Family
 * Golden Tribe
 * Dora Milaje
 * Jabari Tribe
 * X-Con Security Consultants (logo)
 * Ravagers
 * Valkyries


 * Alternate Timelines
 * Avengers
 * Stark Industries
 * S.H.I.E.L.D.
 * HYDRA
 * STRIKE
 * Einherjar
 * Black Order

Timelines

 * 2018
 * 2023


 * Alternate Timelines
 * 2012
 * 2013
 * 2014
 * 1970

Mentioned

 * Erik Selvig (picture)
 * Odin
 * Bor
 * Ultron
 * Malekith
 * List
 * Arnim Zola
 * Ronan the Accuser
 * Ivan Romanoff
 * Edith Barton
 * Kurse
 * Karen
 * Maria Stark
 * Vision (indirectly mentioned)
 * Cheez Wiz
 * Build-A-Bear
 * Cheez Wiz
 * Build-A-Bear
 * Cheez Wiz
 * Build-A-Bear
 * Cheez Wiz
 * Build-A-Bear
 * Cheez Wiz
 * Build-A-Bear
 * Cheez Wiz
 * Build-A-Bear
 * Cheez Wiz
 * Build-A-Bear

Production

 * On October 28, 2014, the film was announced as Avengers: Infinity War – Part II, while the third Avengers film was titled Avengers: Infinity War – Part I. However, in June 2016, both films were renamed. The third film title was shortened to Avengers: Infinity War and the fourth film was simply the Untitled Avengers film. Anthony and Joe Russo explain this rename as "the movies are two very different movies", so "it is misleading".
 * Chris Evans revealed Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame were shot back to back. Filming started on January 23, 2017, and was expected to end in October/November 2017.
 * During a Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 event in April 2017, Zoe Saldana revealed the title of the film as Avengers: Infinity Gauntlet. Following this, James Gunn denied that was the actual title.
 * On September 11, 2017, the production of the movie was shut down because of Hurricane Irma.
 * Kevin Feige confirmed in an interview that Avengers: Endgame was the "finale" to the current iteration of the MCU and "everything before Avengers: Endgame and everything after" would result in "two distinct periods". Feige also confirmed that there were plans for twenty movies after Avengers: Endgame gets released.

Music

 * Avengers: Endgame - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack