Avengers: Infinity War Review - 9 Ups & 3 Downs

5. The Black Order Are Great

Traditionally in MCU films, if the big bad brings sidekicks, they're either cannon fodder or glorified set dressings who serve a vague purpose until they're killed off rather unceremoniously. But that isn't the case with the Black Order.

They're helped somewhat by the fact that Thanos actually brings an army of cannon fodder for the Wakandan scene - in the shape of Outriders - but each of the Order have the personality (or the presence in the case of the non-talker) and they could have been villains in their own right.

Ebony Maw is particularly brilliant with an amazing vocal performance by Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, and it's a bit of a shame that there's not even more of him in there. But that's only because he's so great.