Anthony Russo directs in permanent partnership with his brother Joe, and the two came out of television comedy, running Arrested Development and Community, before Marvel hired them on the strength of a single Community action episode. That background is not the obvious preparation for the highest-grossing films ever made.
Their four Marvel films, The Winter Soldier, Civil War, Infinity War and Endgame, moved the series toward the 1970s conspiracy thriller and then toward ensemble management on a scale nobody had attempted. Endgame required staging dozens of established characters without any of them disappearing.
Their post-Marvel work has been mixed, with The Gray Man and Cherry both receiving poor notices, which raises a fair question about how much of the earlier success was structural instead of authorial.
Anthony RussoThe Gray Man (2022) rates 3 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. Netflix spent around two hundred million dollars on an action film with two of the largest stars available, and produced something nobody can describe afterward. The Prague…
Anthony RussoThe most contrived blockbuster of the decade. The 4 reflects honest evaluation of one of the most commercially successful films in cinema history.
Anthony RussoTwo billion dollars on the strength of accumulated franchise capital. Forty characters, the Snap that wasn't depicted, and structural failures.
Anthony RussoThe Phase 3 inflection point where moral clarity became moral confusion. Spider-Man and Black Panther's introductions as franchise expansion vehicles.
Anthony RussoThe Russo brothers' 1970s political thriller in superhero clothing. Robert Redford, Chris Evans, and the MCU's peak film.
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