Avengers: Endgame - Every Major Character's Best Moment

26. Hawkeye's Family Gets Dusted

Endgame gives audiences their best characterisation of Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) yet as he adopts his samurai persona Ronin from the comics (though this name is never spoken aloud).

But Clint Barton gets his best scene out of the way early - the very first scene in the entire movie, in fact.

Endgame opens mere seconds after Thanos (Josh Brolin) has snapped his Infinity Gauntlet-clad finger, just as Hawkeye is preparing to have dinner with his family.

In an expected yet nevertheless shocking moment, Hawkeye's wife and kids disintegrate while his back is turned, sending him on a blood-thirsty rampage for the five years that follow until Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) manages to bring him back into the fold.