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"I know what it's like to lose. To feel so desperately that you're right, yet to fail all the same. It's frightening, turns the legs to jelly. I ask you... To what end? Dread it. Run from it. Destiny still arrives. And now it's here. Or should I say, I am."

- Mistress Death

Avengers: Infinity Gauntlet is a 2008 superhero film, based on the DC Comics superhero team of the same name. It is a sequel to The Avengers and Avengers: Age of Ultron and a crossover between/sequel to Wonder Woman: Civil War, Doctor Fate, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Aquaman: Ragnarok and Black Panther. The film is the nineteenth main installment in the DC Extended Universe as well as the seventh in Phase Three. The movie was released on July 6, 2008.

It is directed by Peyton Reed and stars Mike Mulligan as Lex Luthor/Steel, Jason Momoa as Arthur/Aquaman, Mark Ruffalo as Alec Holland/Swamp Thing, Gal Gadot as Diana Prince/Wonder Woman, Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow, Benedict Cumberbatch as Frederick Fate/Doctor Fate, Don Cheadle as James Rhodes/War Machine, Caleb McLaughlin as Miles Morales/Spider-Man, Chadwick Boseman as T'Challa/Black Panther, Paul Bettany as Vision, Elizabeth Olsen as Raven Maximoff, Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson/Falcon, Chris Pine as Steve Trevor/White Wolf, Danai Gurira as Okoye, Letitia Wright as Shuri, Dave Bautista as Drax the Destroyer, Zoe Saldana as Gamora, with Cyndi Lauper as Death, and Chris Pratt as Peter Quill/Star-Lord.

The sequel, Avengers 4, is set for release on July 5, 2009.

Synopsis
An unprecedented cinematic journey ten years in the making and spanning the entire DC Extended Universe, DC Films' Avengers: Infinity Gauntlet brings to the screen the ultimate, deadliest showdown of all time.

Plot
Having destroyed Xandar which was a sanctuary for the Power Stone under the guard of the Nova Corps and deciding to claim the rest of the Infinity Stones, the Mad Titan Death attacks the Atlantian refugee vessel the Statesman with her children. Half of the Atlantians are slaughtered while Arthur, Loki and Heimdall are defeated. Other Atlantians on the Statesman fled the onslaught; such as Valkyrie in escape ships and were among the half spared by Death. Death, already wielding the Power Stone upon her Infinity Gauntlet, forces Loki into manifesting the Tesseract by threatening to kill Arthur. Despite Swamp Thing's attempt to defeat Death, the Green Monster is quickly overpowered and defeated. Heimdall uses his last shred of Dark Magic to send Swamp Thing to Earth.

In response to his actions, Death kills Heimdall. One of Death's children, Gorilla Grodd, gives the Titan the Tesseract, which contained the Space Stone. Death destroys the cube in order to unveil the Stone within and then inserts it into his Infinity Gauntlet. He orders his children, also known as the Black Order, to invade Earth in order to find both the Mind Stone and the Time Stone. Pretending to pledge loyalty to Death, Loki slowly approaches and unsuccessfully attempts to assassinate him using a blade. Death murders Loki by snapping his neck, dropping his corpse in front of an incapacitated Arthur. Death uses the Power Stone to destroy the Statesman while she and the Black Order depart through the power of the Space Stone, leaving Arthur to mourn over his brother's dead body as the ship explodes around him.

Meanwhile, on Earth, Swamp Thing (travelling through the bifrost) crashes into the New York Sanctum and turns back into Alec Holland, informing Doctor Fate and Wong about Death. Fate and Holland find Lex Luthor, who was having a date with Pepper Potts, and bring him to the Sanctum as well. Fate, Wong, Holland and Luthor eventually surmise that Death is looking for both the Time Stone, held in the Eye of Agamotto, and the Mind Stone, kept by Vision. Holland tells Luthor to call Diana Prince so she can help them to locate Vision, but Luthor reveals that he and Prince fell out and chose different paths due to the Avengers Civil War.

Before Luthor can begrudgingly make the call, he notices a change in air flow. A massive, ring-shaped ship hovers above New York City, causing panic and fear in the streets among civilians similar to the Battle of New York. Fate manages to shut the ships engine off as Gorilla Grodd and Doomsday approach them. While Fate, Luthor, Wong and Holland (who is no longer able to turn into Swamp Thing) confront the invaders, the Q-Ship is witnessed from afar by Miles Morales who rushes in to investigate. A turbulent battle erupts in the streets, and while the brutish Doomsday is stranded in the Arctic via Sling Ring, Gorilla Grodd, a fierce telepath, successfully abducts Fate, with Time Stone in tow. Unbeknownst to Grodd, however, both Steel and Spider-Man - who is granted his Iron Spider Armor - manage to get into Grodd's Q-Ship.

Meanwhile, Enchantress and Zod ambush Vision, who attempts to live a normal life with Raven Maximoff in Scotland. Vision is deeply weakened in the attack while Raven barely manages to hold her own against both Death's children. However, reinforcements arrive in the form of Wonder Woman, Falcon and Black Widow, who have been contacted and filled in by Holland. Together, they force Enchantress and a heavily wounded Zod to retreat. This faction of the Avengers return to the New Avengers Facility.

Having survived the vacuum of space after the Statesman's blast, Arthur is rescued by the Guardians of the Galaxy, who received the Atlantian's distress call. They take him aboard their spaceship, and Arthur explains what happened to his people. They figure that Death will be headed to Knowhere in order to take the Reality Stone from the Collector. Arthur decides to leave for Nidavellir, as he intends to ask the Dwarf Eitri to craft him a new weapon. Arthur leaves with Rocket Raccoon and Groot while Star-Lord, Gamora, Drax the Destroyer and Mantis depart for Knowhere.

Remembering how Death destroyed half of her people and adopted her in the process, Gamora makes Quill promise that he will kill her if she gets captured by Death. As they arrive on a deserted Knowhere, the Guardians of the Galaxy witness Death violently interrogating the Collector over the location of the Reality Stone. Unfortunately, Death realizes of the group's presence after Mantis incapacitated Drax, who tried to approach and kill the Mad Titan because of the death of his wife and daughter. Gamora goes on the offense, attacking and promptly defeating Death, who falls to the ground, seemingly killed.

However, the group discover that Death has already acquired the Reality Stone and has been using it to cast a massive illusion. He drops the illusion, revealing a burning Knowhere and herself, alive and well. Death had expected Gamora to come and fight her, and is aware that she is the only person who knows the location of the elusive Soul Stone. Death easily subdues Gamora and incapacitates Drax and Mantis. Despite Star-Lord's attempt to kill Gamora, Death uses the Reality Stone to stop him, teleporting away with Gamora back onto the Sanctuary II.

Back on Earth, Wonder Woman, Falcon, Black Widow, Vision, and Raven are reunited with James Rhodes and Holland at the New Avengers Facility. Holland suggests calling in Green Arrow for help but Prince explains that he as well as Scott Lang are unavailable as they surrendered themselves and made deals with the US government so they could return to their families. Together, they decide that the Mind Stone must be destroyed so that Death cannot obtain it. However, in order to do so without killing Vision, Prince suggests traveling to the technologically-advanced nation of Wakanda.

In Wakanda, T'Challa and Okoye deliver a new, vibranium arm to Steve Trevor, who has recovered from his mental programming.

On Death's ship, Gamora calls her adoptive mother insane for planning to exterminate half of all life in the universe to balance it, although Death insists on the righteousness of her project, referring to how Gamora's home planet Zen-Whoberi has been thriving since she eradicated half of its population. As Death needs the Soul Stone to fulfill her goal, she reveals that Gamora's sister Nebula is her prisoner. Death tortures Nebula in front of Gamora. Unable to bear it, Gamora reveals that the Soul Stone is hidden on Vormir.

Death and Gamora teleport to Vormir, where they meet the former Red Skull, now acting as a Stonekeeper for the Soul Stone. The Stonekeeper tells Death that she has to sacrifice what she loves the most to obtain the Soul Stone. This amuses Gamora, as she believes that Death does not love anyone or anything, thus making her unable to complete her plans. However, as Death weeps at her, Gamora understands that Death actually loves her. Despite Gamora's plea, Death chooses to sacrifice her adopted daughter and is rewarded with the Soul Stone.

In the meantime, Arthur, Rocket Raccoon and Groot land in Nidavellir, where the forges have gone extinct and they encounter Eitri, now the only remaining Dwarf. They understand that Death ordered Eitri to craft the Infinity Gauntlet and crippled the Dwarf so he could not forge anything else after that. However, Arthur convinces Eitri that they can work together to defeat Death. In order to do so, they plan on crafting a new weapon for Arthur: Stormbreaker.

Arthur successfully revives the star core of Nidavellir, but due to the mechanisms of the forge being damaged, he is force to risk his life to keep it active. Arthur exposes himself to the powerful outburst of Nidavellir's star, which enables to melt the metal to craft Stormbreaker. As the axe's handle cannot be found, Groot sacrifices his left arm so that Arthur is able to wield Stormbreaker.

In Gorilla Grodd's Q-Ship, Steel and Spider-Man successfully rescue Doctor Fate by blowing a hole in the hull to send Gorilla Grodd in outer space. While Fate advocates returning to Earth, Steel suggests keeping the course set on Titan to keep an element of surprise over Death, who is not expecting them. Fate agrees, but warns Steel that he will have to protect the Time Stone even if it means sacrificing Luthor or Parker.

They barely land the spaceship on Titan, where they are ambushed by the Guardians of the Galaxy, who have been directed there by Nebula and who mistook them for Death's minions. Nevertheless, the disagreement is quickly lifted and they all agree to work together. While the rest of them try to devise a plan, Fate uses the Time Stone to look into alternate futures. He then reports to his allies: out of the millions of futures he foresaw, they are victorious in none but one.

Death arrives on Titan and is greeted by Fate. She gives a brief and impassioned speech on how Titan was her home and that overpopulation led it to ruin, as well as how she believes herself to be merciful as she could simply snap her fingers after acquiring all six Infinity Stones. This would cause half the universe's population to cease to exist without causing much pain, after which Death plans on simply resting. Nevertheless, the heroes engage Death in an intense battle but Death single-handedly repels the assaults of the Avengers, the Guardians of the Galaxy, and Fate until Nebula arrives and distracts her. Eventually, they are able to render Death half-unconscious and attempt to remove her Infinity Gauntlet. However, when Nebula deduces that Death has killed Gamora, Star-Lord becomes enraged and attacks the Mad Titan, causing her to regain consciousness just as the Gauntlet was about to be taken off.

The fight turns decisively in Death's favor as she unleashes the full might of the Infinity Stones upon her attackers, swiftly knocking them out. Death then confronts and overpowers Fate but realizes that Fate never used the Time Stone in the fight because Fate hid it. Before she can try to locate it, Steel attacks her, but is quickly outmatched and seriously wounded when Death stabs him in the stomach. As Death prepares to execute Luthor, Fate agrees to hand over the Time Stone to Death in exchange for Luthor being spared. Death agrees and inserts the Stone into the Gauntlet and departs to retrieve the last Stone.

Meanwhile, the other Avengers take Vision to Wakanda, where they are greeted by T'Challa and Steve Trevor. They task Shuri to safely extract the Mind Stone from Vision so that Raven can destroy it. As massive armies of Outriders led by Enchantress and Doomsday arrive in Wakanda as well, T'Challa gathers his own troops, accompanied with Wonder Woman, the Winter Soldier, Falcon, War Machine, Black Widow and Alec Holland using the Hulkbuster armor.

At first, the Outriders throw themselves against the protective dome surrounding Wakanda, with only a few of them actually making it through. As they attempt to go around the Wakandan armies, which would endanger Vision, the Avengers decide to partly open the barrier to keep the enemies in front of them. The strategy works, but at the cost of massive hordes of Outriders suddenly invading Wakanda, which leads to a fierce battle.

Although they are able to take down many enemies, the Avengers and the Wakandan armies are outnumbered and overrun. However, Arthur arrives with Rocket Raccoon and Groot and turns the battle in favor of the defenders of Earth thanks to his incredibly mighty powers. The Black Order resorts to use massive siege weapons which lay waste on the battlefield, prompting Raven to join and save Black Widow and Okoye.

However, this leaves Vision and Shuri much more exposed to Zod, who infiltrated in order to take the Mind Stone from Vision. Vision attempts to fight back, but Zod and Doomsday overpower him. Holland arrives and manages to kill Doomsday despite still being unable to turn into Swamp Thing while Wonder Woman fights against Zod. Meanwhile, despite holding her own against the combined forces of Raven, Black Widow and Okoye, Enchantress is killed as well. Prince is defeated, but Vision stabs Zod with his own weapon from behind, killing him. With the Black Order defeated and the Outriders routed by Arthur, the Avengers seem victorious.

However, Death teleports to Wakanda as well to obtain the only missing Infinity Stone: Vision's Mind Stone. All the Avengers, Okoye, Black Panther, and Groot gather to defend Vision, but Death effortlessly defeats them one by one, including Wonder Woman, who is briefly able to hold back Death, much to the Titan's surprise. Figuring out that they have no other choice, Vision asks Raven to destroy the Mind Stone herself, which will likely kill Vision.

Raven reluctantly agrees and successfully shatters the Mind Stone moments before Death can get it. However, Death uses the power of the Time Stone she took from Doctor Fate to revert time and restores both Vision and the Mind Stone, which he rips off Vision's skull, killing him for good. Having finally gathered all six Infinity Stones, Death prepares to execute his plan, but Arthur arrives and catches Death off guard, unleashing his full power and the full might of Stormbreaker upon the Titan in a last-ditch attempt to stop her, severely wounding Death as Stormbreaker is thrown into her chest.

However, Death survives the attack. She mocks Arthur for not having hit her in the head and snaps her fingers in the Infinity Gauntlet, completing her plan. Death is momentarily transported into the Soulworld, where she sees a younger Gamora, who asks what the cost of achieving her goal was. Sadly, Death admits that it has cost her "everything". Death then returns to the real world and Arthur furiously questions Death about what she did. Death simply smirks at him and teleports away as the effects of the snap manifest: half of all life in the universe is erased from existence, including Steve Trevor, T'Challa, Groot, Raven and Sam Wilson, leaving the survivors to look in horror and unable to do anything but accept defeat.

On Titan, Mantis, Drax the Destroyer and Star-Lord vanish, along with Doctor Fate, who tells Lex Luthor that there was "no other way". Miles Morales is the last to vanish and pleads with Lex Luthor not to let him go. While a traumatized Luthor laments his failure, Nebula solemnly remarks that Death has achieved her goal. Death himself retires on a peaceful planet and rests while satisfactorily gazing out to the sunrise, considering her job done.

In a post-credit scene, Nick Fury and Maria Hill also witness the effects of the Infinity Stones. Hill and Fury also disappear, but Fury manages to send a distress signal using his pager before vanishing. As Fury vanishes, his pager falls on the ground and displays the symbol of Superman.

Cast

 * Mike Mulligan as Lex Luthor/Steel
 * Jason Momoa as Arthur/Aquaman
 * Mark Ruffalo as Alec Holland/Swamp Thing
 * Gal Gadot as Diana Prince/Wonder Woman
 * Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow
 * Don Cheadle as James Rhodes/War Machine
 * Benedict Cumberbatch as Frederick Fate/Doctor Fate
 * Caleb McLaughlin as Miles Morales/Spider-Man
 * Chadwick Boseman as T'Challa/Black Panther
 * Zoe Saldana as Gamora
 * Ariana Greenblatt as Young Gamora
 * Karen Gillan as Nebula
 * Tom Hiddleston as Loki
 * Paul Bettany as Vision
 * Elizabeth Olsen as Raven Maximoff
 * Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson/Falcon
 * Sebastian Stan as Steve Trevor/Winter Soldier/White Wolf
 * Idris Elba as Heimdall
 * Danai Gurira as Okoye
 * Peter Dinklage as Eitri
 * Benedict Wong as Wong
 * Pom Klementieff as Mantis
 * Dave Bautista as Drax the Destroyer
 * Vin Diesel as Groot (voice)
 * Bradley Cooper as Rocket Raccoon (voice)
 * Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Potts
 * Benicio del Toro as Taneleer Tivan/Collector (illusion)
 * Cyndi Lauper as Death
 * Chris Pratt as Peter Quill/Star-Lord
 * Sean Gunn as Rocket Raccoon (motion capture)
 * William Hurt as Thaddeus Ross
 * Letitia Wright as Shuri
 * Terry Notary as Doomsday / Groot (motion capture)
 * Tom Vaughan-Lawlor as Gorilla Grodd
 * Cara Delevingne as Enchantress
 * Michael Shannon as Zod
 * Stan Lee as Bus Driver
 * Winston Duke as M'Baku
 * Florence Kasumba as Ayo
 * Kerry Condon as F.R.I.D.A.Y.
 * Jacob Batalon as Ned Leeds
 * Tiffany Espensen as Cindy Moon
 * Isabella Amara as Sally Avril
 * Ethan Dizon as Tiny McKeever
 * Ameenah Kaplan as Gamora's Mother
 * Ross Marquand as Johann Schmidt/Red Skull/Stonekeeper
 * Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury (post-credit scene)
 * Cobie Smulders as Maria Hill (post-credit scene)
 * Jon Favreau as Happy Hogan (deleted scene)
 * Jim Starlin as a cameo

Locations

 * Earth
 * New York City, New York
 * New York Sanctum
 * Central Park
 * Coney Island (mentioned)
 * (mentioned)
 * New Avengers Facility, New York
 * Edinburgh, Scotland
 * Golden City, Wakanda
 * Citadel
 * Wakanda Medical Center
 * Chicago, Illinois (post-credit scene)
 * Glasgow, Scotland (mentioned)
 * Missouri (mentioned)
 * Moon
 * Knowhere
 * Exitar
 * Collector's Museum
 * Nidavellir
 * Vormir
 * Titan
 * Multiverse
 * Mirror Dimension
 * Soulworld
 * Zen-Whoberi (flashback)
 * Atlantis (mentioned)
 * Jotunheim (mentioned)
 * Contraxia (mentioned)
 * Hel (mentioned)
 * Xandar (mentioned)

Events

 * Infinity War
 * Massacre of the Xandarians (mentioned)
 * Attack on the Statesman
 * Attack on Greenwich Village
 * Attack on Vision
 * Ambush in Knowhere
 * Rescue of Doctor Fate
 * Sacrifice of Gamora
 * Battle of Titan
 * Battle of Wakanda
 * Massacre of the Zehoberei (flashback)
 * Chitauri Invasion
 * Battle of New York (mentioned)
 * Duel at Coney Island (mentioned)
 * Duel of Johannesburg (mentioned)
 * Quest for the Orb
 * Battle of Xandar (mentioned)
 * Battle on Ego's Planet (mentioned)
 * Second Battle of Svartalfheim (mentioned)
 * Battle in the Valkyrie (mentioned)
 * Destruction of Atlantis (mentioned)
 * Massacre of the Dwarves (mentioned)

Items

 * Infinity Stones
 * Power Stone
 * Tesseract
 * Space Stone
 * Eye of Agamotto
 * Time Stone
 * Reality Stone
 * Mind Stone
 * Soul Stone
 * Infinity Gauntlet
 * Zod's Glaive
 * Hofund
 * Gungnir
 * Cloak of Levitation
 * Sling Ring
 * Cauldron of the Cosmos
 * Spider-Man Suit
 * Web-Shooters
 * Steel Armor: Mark XLIX
 * Iron Spider Armor
 * Translator Implant
 * Wonder Woman's Sword
 * EXO-7 Falcon
 * Redwing
 * Black Widow's Batons
 * Gamora's Switchblade
 * Drax the Destroyer's Knives
 * Godslayer
 * Quad Blasters
 * Vibranium
 * Vibranium Spear
 * Winter Soldier's Prosthetic Arm
 * Kimoyo Beads
 * Panther Habit
 * Sneakers
 * Wakandan Shields
 * Vibranium Gauntlets
 * Aquaman's Prosthetic Eye
 * Star-Lord's Helmet
 * Gravity Mine
 * War Machine Armor: Mark IV
 * Steel Armor: Mark L
 * Uru
 * Stormbreaker
 * Mjølnir (mentioned)
 * Laser Cannon
 * Transmitter Pager
 * Sokovia Accords (mentioned)
 * (deleted scene)

Vehicles

 * Statesman
 * Sanctuary II
 * Q-Ships
 * Mining Pods
 * Quinjet
 * Necrocrafts
 * Royal Talon Flyer
 * Dragon Flyers
 * Outrider Dropships
 * Benatar
 * Benatar's Space Pod

Sentient Species

 * Humans
 * Atlantians
 * Sakaarans
 * Titans
 * Frost Giants
 * Androids
 * Celestials
 * Zehoberei
 * Flora colossus
 * Halfworlders
 * Luphomoids
 * Chitauri
 * Dwarves
 * Dark Elves  (mentioned)

Creatures

 * Outriders
 * Leviathans (flashback)
 * Cotati (mentioned)
 * (mentioned)

Organizations

 * Avengers
 * Guardians of the Galaxy
 * Atlantian Royal Family
 * Black Order
 * Masters of the Mystic Arts
 * LexCorp
 * New York City Police Department
 * Tivan Group
 * Dora Milaje
 * Wakandan Royal Guard
 * Wakandan Design Group
 * Wakandan Tribes
 * Golden Tribe
 * Border Tribe
 * Jabari Tribe

Mentioned

 * Morgan
 * Scott Lang
 * Clint Barton
 * Odin
 * Hela
 * Frigga
 * Malekith
 * Algrim
 * Ego
 * Meredith Quill
 * Collector
 * Grandmaster
 * Hovat
 * Kamaria
 * J.A.R.V.I.S.
 * Ultron
 * Alars
 * Cameron Klein
 * Superman (logo)
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Music

 * Avengers: Infinity Gauntlet - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack