Marvel's losers-only spinoff 'Thunderbolts*' sets expectations low and meets them

Marvel's new spinoff *Thunderbolts** brings together a team of underutilized characters, including Florence Pugh's Yelena Belova and Sebastian Stan's Bucky Barnes, to face off against a villainous CIA director portrayed by Julia Louis-Dreyfus. The film leans into its B-team premise with modest ambitions and delivers exactly what it promises—neither exceeding nor falling short of expectations.