Darkness has always played a central role in comic book adaptations – and not just because modern blockbusters occasionally struggle with their lighting conditions. Rather, the shadow, the gloom, often serves as a mirror of inner states: of despair, of moral ambiguity and of psychological turmoil.

The Thunderbolts want to be the new Avengers, but they're not. Meanwhile we begin with Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively having another simple favor that starts with a simple question.