Thor: Love and Thunder

Four years after Avengers: Endgame, Thor Odinson is adrift. He has tagged along with the Guardians of the Galaxy, trying to find himself, but the god of thunder is restless. Then a distress signal pulls him back into action. A being called Gorr the God Butcher is slaughtering deities across the cosmos, wielding a cursed sword that can kill immortals. Thor learns that Gorr seeks Eternity, a cosmic entity that grants wishes, to wipe out all gods. To stop him, Thor must reunite with old allies and face an unexpected one: his ex-girlfriend Jane Foster, who now wields his shattered hammer Mjolnir and calls herself the Mighty Thor.

Director Taika Waititi returns after Thor: Ragnarok, doubling down on the vibrant, irreverent tone that revived the franchise. Shot largely in New South Wales, Australia, the film carries a reported budget of $250 million and went on to earn over $760 million worldwide. Christian Bale brings a haunted intensity to Gorr, a villain driven by grief rather than conquest. Russell Crowe appears as a preening, self-absorbed Zeus, adding another layer of comedy. The soundtrack leans heavily on Guns N' Roses, with Sweet Child o' Mine woven into a key emotional beat.

The film marks Natalie Portman's return after sitting out Ragnarok, and her transformation into the Mighty Thor became a major talking point. Waititi described wanting to explore faith, loss, and what it means to be a god, while still delivering the cosmic silliness fans expect. The result is a movie that swings wildly between slapstick and tragedy, never quite landing either, but leaving an impression all the same.[edit]

Thor has spent years after the Snap trying to find peace. He joins the Guardians of the Galaxy on their adventures, but his heart is not in it. He misses purpose. When a distress call comes from a planet under attack by a figure who claims to kill gods, Thor leaves the Guardians to investigate. He finds a temple littered with dead deities. The attacker is Gorr, a being who once prayed to a god for help saving his dying daughter, only to be ignored. Now he wields the Necrosword, a weapon that makes him immune to godly powers, and he is hunting every god in the universe.

Thor tracks Gorr to New Asgard, the tourist-trap settlement on Earth where Valkyrie now rules as king. There he reunites with Jane Foster, who has been diagnosed with stage IV cancer. To survive, she has sought help from the fragments of Mjolnir, and the hammer has answered, granting her Thor's powers but accelerating her illness. She is the Mighty Thor now. Together, Thor and Jane, along with Valkyrie, Korg, and a talking goat named Toothgnasher, pursue Gorr across the cosmos.

Their journey takes them to Omnipotence City, the realm of the gods, where Zeus presides over a decadent, indifferent pantheon. Zeus refuses to help, believing Gorr is not a real threat. Thor steals Zeus's thunderbolt to fight Gorr, accidentally killing the god in the process. The group learns that Gorr has kidnapped a group of Asgardian children and taken them to the Shadow Realm, a dark dimension where the Necrosword draws its power. There, Gorr plans to open the gateway to Eternity and make his wish.

Thor and his allies storm the Shadow Realm. Jane, using the thunderbolt, battles Gorr while Thor rescues the children. But Gorr escapes to Eternity's gateway. The children, now imbued with Thor's power, help fight off shadow monsters. The stage is set for a final confrontation at the heart of the cosmos, where Gorr stands ready to end all gods.[edit]