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That’s because the entire story’s emotional anchor is his supervillain father, Wenwu (Tony Leung Chiu-wai), the MCU’s take on classic Iron Man nemesis The Mandarin.

He’s a designated protagonist, one who is led from plot point to plot point by more defined characters, and rarely feels like he’s driving the story in any meaningful capacity. The basic setup of him running away from his supervillain father as a teenager to make his own way is fine as a foundation, but we don’t learn much else about who he is or what he wants for the rest of the runtime. One of the biggest issues with Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is that Shang-Chi is possibly the least interesting character in his own film. Wenwu (The Mandarin) in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Scarlet Witch in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, and Namor in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever in particular have stood out not just as some of the better villains in the franchise, but also as the characters whose emotional reality their respective films appear to be most invested in. Villain-focused films have since become an emerging pattern in the MCU. That film reversed MCU convention by being structured around the villain’s story, delving deeper into his psychology and motivations and portraying him not as sympathetic so much as understandable, while using the heroic ensemble to populate the action scenes. Not only did the story build up to him over several years worth of films, but he was also essentially the main character of Avengers: Infinity War. One of the principal exceptions was Thanos, the main villain of the Infinity Saga. However, the studio appears to have largely addressed what was previously considered one of the MCU’s biggest problems: the villains.Īs a general rule, the heroes of the first three Phases were the characters that audiences were getting invested in, rather than the antagonists.

From questions surrounding what the end goal it’s supposed to be building to is, to three installments receiving low ( for the MCU, anyway) CinemaScores, to the typically positive reviews the franchise gets no longer being guaranteed, it seems that some weak points in Marvel’s armor are finally starting to show. Phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is finally wrapping up, and it wouldn’t be too controversial a statement to say that it hasn’t been as well received as the previous phases.

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever for windows instal