Ranking Every MCU Phase 2 Movie From Worst To Best

6. Thor: The Dark World

While the God of Thunder's two solo outings have earned a combined total of over $1bn at the box office, it would be fair to say that Thor's movies have been fitfully entertaining at best and painfully mediocre at worst. In fact, sequel The Dark World is the lowest-rated film in the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe on both RottenTomatoes and Metacritic. It isn't a bad movie by any means, its just kind of... there.

If it wasn't for Chris Hemsworth and Tom Hiddleston's charisma, screen presence, onscreen chemistry and comfort in their roles, then who knows how much worse the movie could have turned out. The Dark World's highlights come when Thor and Loki are sharing the screen together, bringing a great dynamic and real sense of fun to an otherwise-convoluted narrative that features both talk of an inter-dimensional convergence and a naked Stellan Skarsgaard running around Stonehenge.

The final battle across the Nine Realms is a great action sequence and the movie does boast some good sight gags, but Thor: The Dark World is let down by a one-dimensional villain, underdeveloped supporting characters and irritating comic relief (yes that's you, Kat Dennings). Director Alan Taylor fails to give the visuals any real sense of style or identity, with the result being a simply adequate movie rolling off the Marvel Studios production line.