Marvel Rising: Secret Warriors (2018 TV Movie) User Reviews

Marvel/Disney for post millenials

[rnixon1974 · 4/10 · 26 June 2020]

I watched this after seeing the shorts with Ghost Spider/Spider Gwen.

The shorts are much better. There are different writers and directors for the Marvel Rising titles, and the quality varies from middling to low.

The animation isn't half bad. The pacing and writing as a whole is not great.

The characters and the stories of Marvel Rising are for teenage girls. I can only shake my head at some of the dialogue in these shows. One inescapable fact: just as with the vast majority of current cartoons, I am not in Disney's target demographic (as an over 40 male).

If you are not a teenage girl, this show is likely wasted on you. The comic books may be better... I have read very few of them, as the books' art is as hit or miss as the writing of Marvel Rising animation.

The classic 1967 Spider-Man DVD set is out there. The Spectacular Spider-Man series from a few years ago is very good; it does a much better job of respecting the viewer's intelligence.

Last, I am glad that Disney saw fit to ax Ultimate Spider-Man. Sell toys on the XD web site, not on a show.

Surprisingly decent film

[Snootz · 6/10 · 4 October 2018]

This is a surprisingly decent film. I'm equally surprised by the number of downvotes here. What, not enough sex, language and gore for the mainstream? Or were some folks totally unaware they were dialing into a cartoon-based movie?

This has a good story, good characters, an actual lesson, and was an enjoyable watch. Yes parts of it jumped the shark a bit; welcome to the realm of super-heroes. That tends to happen a lot in this field.

After the recent plethora of cringe-worthy superhero movies full of ultra-violence and character assassination (Batman, Superman, X-Men, etc etc) it was refreshing to watch a film that brought this genre back to its basic values: ordinary people that suddenly have power and aren't sure what to do with it.

The storyline never slumps. It's never "totally ridiculous". Basic plot holds up. The individual characters are actually well-formed and thought out. I would have liked to see Squirrel Girl given a little more "awesome" (since she at one time managed to take out THANOS) but she's just getting started in this one.

The writers very well got the ideas across of: Don't abuse your powers just because you can... don't judge a book by its cover... don't judge too hastily... give people a chance to redeem themselves. I'll take that kind of content over hyper-action and violence any day. Not that there wasn't plenty of action and violence in this; it was just subdued compared to the general media these days.

I am not a big fan of "Saturday morning cartoon" type fare. But this one did well enough to earn a solid 6 stars in my book (would have been 7 if the animation had been a bit better). Well worth the watch, and a good morality flick. Brought back the days when comics were less gratuitous, less violent, and had far better stories. Overall I think a decent effort.

Marvel Rising Secret Warriors: A whole new demographic

[Platypuschow · 4/10 · 14 October 2018]

Apparently Secret Warriors is now a thing and likely to spawn a spew of new movies and a television series. Essentially it's Marvels answer to Teen Titans and I'm not impressed.

To be fair I'm not exactly the demographic, but it's not who you'd expect either.

The main problem is that it's so kiddish, and as Marvel/Superheroes have evolved so far and gone beyond Saturday morning cartoons I feel this is a step backwards. It doesn't need to be R rated, but a happy medium would have made considerably more sense.

Here we see the most modern version of Ms.Marvel teaming with Squirrel Girl to take on the bad guys and form the titular team. The animation is lazy, the plot is generic and it's all so damn childish.

To its credit it is bringing some lesser to known characters into the spotlight and pushing Captain Marvel further in as she'll be an integral part of the MCU. Also the voice talent though not great is at least consistent as we have several people playing characters they've played before such as Agent of Shields own Chloe Bennet playing Quake again.

I see what they're doing here, I just don't think they've done it very well. It's full of moral messages and that's great, it has it's heart in the right place. But as a franchise? I'm unimpressed.

The Good:

Strong morale code and messages

Some of the logic behind this makes sense

The Bad:

Some horrid animation

That soundtrack, really?

Too much silliness

Things I Learnt From This Movie:

Squirrel Girl is approximately 50% adorable and 50% annoying

Where's The Marvel? It's Too Disney For Me.

[alleykirstie · 3/10 · 3 October 2018]

I'm showing my age here, but I'm also coming from a long history of loving Marvel toons. Synthetic music with digital instruments gives me headaches. It's so much commercialized content that 'Marvel Rising: Secret Warriors' becomes a perverbial shaking of the keys in front of a baby's face. It's flashy bright colors set to excess noise; if this were Japan you'd expect to read about the hundreds of cases of children going into seizures (Much like California's theater warning for 'The Incredibles 2'). It was as uncomfortable to watch as a ShamWow commercial, "HEY I'M YELLING REALLY LOUDLY SO YOU'LL LOOK UP AT THE TV!!!"

Secondly, just at a glimpse I couldn't help but notice the body transformation of Squirrel Girl. What was the point of giving her birthing hips? The Squirrel Girl I remember had a tiny frame which gave her action scenes against bigger villains a lop-sided battle that you couldn't help but cheer for her to win. People tend to root for the underdog, not the guy big enough to lift grown men off their feet. It came across like she was the bully in at least one scenario.

There wasn't much of a story here. It's basically hero-worship of older Marvel characters and living up to be just like them. It takes away from the individuality of the new characters origin stories. I saw this as one long movie edited from the shorts that wemade available. Maybe the idea was to get all of this information in small doses? I don't know. My experience was tiring. I didn't finish watching because there wasn't much there for me to care about. No mystery, no central element, and all commercial.

Could've been better as a TV series, but enjoyable.

[jayham-99975 · 6/10 · 20 January 2019]

The movie is fun, charming and silly but it's weakn is just introducing a handful of characters in an 80 minute movie. It would've been a lot better as a TV show than a full length movie. But nonetheless, I enjoyed a lot.

Too much of some things, not enough of others...

[brentage5000 · 4/10 · 24 December 2018]

It's not that they have a problem with synthesized music or a reusing of the theme song, although I do, admittedly. Heck, I don't even mind messages not so subtly hidden within a movie's script, especially when that movie is mainly targeted to younger kids anyway. My problem is that the movie was marketed on the promise of one thing and ultimately didn't even try to deliver on that. The writing and acting that was present in the Marvel Rising: Initiation short seems to have taken a huge step backwards. Spider-Gwen/Ghost Spider is nowhere to be found and won't even appear until the sequel next year, which makes one wonder at her inclusion in so much of the advertising. Leaving her absence out of it, though, the movie still suffers from less-than-great writing, a few audio sync issues, and characters who don't really develop, even when they do. Spider-Gwen deserves better for her Disney XD premiere.

Starts out good, gets boring quick.

[speedy778200 · 6/10 · 12 November 2019]

Like if it was just about Squirrel Girl and Ms Marvel it would've been great. Seems like all of the male characters lacked character or dimension. The confrontation that happens in the story feels like it's written by a couple of teenagers with no veteran experience. But beginning was great!

Disney insults Marvel fans

[dshell102 · 1/10 · 20 October 2018]

Wow, I couldn't even finish it, it's so bad. So there's only 1 boy in the Marvel Universe? Yes, it's an almost all girls show. Zero characterization. Ms Marvel and others lack anything that makes them really special. (She feels like a propaganda piece the way she keeps popping up even though she's not all that popular.) The plot is dopey. And this is their big Marvel animated movie? It was awful! Fun for very young girls, maybe, but they just targeted a small portion of their audience with this one. Utter rubbish, in the end.

potential

[diegoakv · 6/10 · 6 October 2018]

The new miniseries and movie and miniseries is interesting enough to actually make itself worth watching. The characters have their own personality, own goals and their interactions sem pretty entertaining. None theless, the animation is worst than in the miniseries and the writing is very rushed. The concept will get future works or specials, and i intend to watch to find out if they will exploit the potential of all this characters., and the universe.

Meh, it's nothing you haven't seen before, but certainly nothing worth the hype

[ilovestar-06550 · 5/10 · 2 October 2018]

When I first saw the promo for this film airing on the Disney Channel, I was excited. It seemed to have a fresh perspective on the young heroes trope, and overall looked decent. I watched this film recently on Disney XD and from what I've seen, it was quite underwhelming. The story, tone, and pacing weren't too bad, the show kind of looks fine, and the overall feel is somewhat refreshing. The problem? The characters are a bit dull and leave little impact and the story of a young team fighting for justice just feels rehashed and done before. It's almost like Disney/Marvel's take on Teen Titans or Young Justice, but not in a refreshing, unique way, more like in a paint-by-the-numbers, rehash, seen-there-been-there kind of way. While I don't think this film is the absolute worst nor amongst the worst of Marvel, it certainly wasn't one I liked. I wanted to like this movie, but all the way I felt myself yawning and pretty disappointed. I wanted to see more of Spider Gwen like how we did in Marvel Rising: Initiation, a predecessor to this film. However, this film isn't the best, but it isn't completely terrible, it's just a rehashed, average film that's been done before and in better ways. I really wanted to like this one, but by trying to be too much at once, and not adding its own spin on a trope that's been done so many times before, it becomes a below-average experience to watch. I do applaud the team for changing up the art style a bit and giving us something to work with, however, it still gets a score of 5.6/10 (average). It looks like a promising Marvel film, but turns out to be yet another average TV film from Disney and Marvel Entertainment.

I believe you can do better than this Disney/Marvel. I still have faith in you.

~~legofan~~

Finally, Squirrel Girl and Ms Marvel in their own movie

[calimbandil87 · 8/10 · 13 October 2018]

I am most certainly biased, coming from the excellent Ms Marvel and Squirrel Girl comics. But I found an interesting movie about passioned heroes wanting to do their best. Sometimes I don't need more than that. With all the universe ending drama llamas going on, sometimes I just want to see a Squirrel, a Girl and a Squirrel girl do some awesome heroics and inspire a team of new heroes. This movie is not that well animated though so if that will bother you just count my rating a couple of steps lower. I tolerate more in a movie that makes me feel good afterwards.

An Alright show

[calebwiese · 7/10 · 22 May 2022]

As an 18 year old i am nowhere near this shows target demographic that isnt to say i didn't enjoy it as you can tell by my rating i liked it. I thought the characters were fun and new and a breath of fresh air. This is more like a Saturday cartoon version of the mcu movies with a more childish view on the franchise. All in all i enjoyed it.

It should have remained secret

[martinmanb · 1/10 · 7 October 2018]

I'll tell you whats not a secret. This show is terrible and is used as another failed attempt by marvel/disney to try and sell captain marvel as their flagship hero because they are frothingly desperate to have a wonder woman status type female character.

Meh

[babysitterhope · 4/10 · 22 December 2018]

It's alright. Not great. Not terrible. The animation wasn't horrible, but definitely lacking in diverse facial expressions. There were little things I like about it, like America's stars and how Kamala's body shifts. For the most part, the action scenes range from boring to bad, which is never good in an action movie, but it's not the worst thing in the world. And as much as I love the characters in other media they're in, they felt more like watered down versions of their counterparts. While Squirrel Girl's voice was annoying, she was still probably the most entertaining character (what can I say, I'm a sucker for the outgoing loudmouths). Daisy was just plain dull and honestly very weak and felt shoehorned into the leader role (Kamala definitely took on the role of leader in this one) I was pleasantly surprised by Lockjaw. the voice acting was bland overall, but that's often the problem with casting non-VAs in VA roles. Ending was very, very anticlimactic. All in all, an okay TV/direct-to-DVD movitt hat I'm glad I watched but will probably not watch again.

Just... cringey and confusing

[wlgh-33886 · 3/10 · 6 October 2018]

Look. I don't have issue with LGBT and racial representation in media. But it felt like it was the only thing it relied on. The animation initially looked okay, but the movements are very stiff and action scenes look very slow. The art style is really good but animation itself is lacking. the effects and character actions make no sense. a graze from a fire blast burns off Squirrel Girl's tail fur, but a full blast from it somehow does nothing to her. SHIELD agents appears to take control of the incident, unnecessarily gives info to the protagonists, and goes away without making sure they don't interfere with their investigation. And that's just from the first 15 minutes of the film. Also you don't get any information about the characters, like how Ms. Marvel has powers, why she's not popular at school, or how she knows Squirrel Girl, nada. It's not like they're well known characters, even a brief explanation would have been helpful. I think it had potential, but as most media trying to promote political ideology, it didn't work.

Squirrel Girl.. serioulsly.. ?!?

[banditking-11857 · 1/10 · 1 October 2018]

Squirrel Girl.. !!! Yeah.. I wonder why Squirrel Girl was not in "Avengers: Infinity War" ?!? Please Animated Marvel.. bury Squirrel Girl where you found her.. and Ms. Marvel too.. !!! Super Heroes with powers.. yes.. but that's too much !!! Don't make a joke of the (Animated) Marvel Universe.. !!! I wonder how it would be if Squirrel Girl had to fight Thanos.. what an epic fight that would be.. NOT !!!

Watch something else

[gibblesgi · 1/10 · 17 October 2018]

I remember seeing the ad in a comic and saying to myself, "Wow that art is insultingly bad," thinking it was something for YouTube, to later learn it was coming to Disney. I thought maybe its too young for me, so I decided to watch it with my 8 year old brother. After we watched it's bland plot, it's cringy characters, and listening to it's weak stance on bullying. We both did not enjoy watching heroes rise. This was honestly the worst super hero mash up I've ever seen. Who thought any of these characters were a good idea?!

Good for kids maybe not adults.

[irose-37806 · 9/10 · 12 November 2018]

So my little brother age 8 Likes Marvel more then do something to do with Superman being the worst thing ever but I digress, so I was surprised when this popped up out of no Disney XD, we sat down and watched on the DVR, got to say it was not bad my brother it was about someone young other than Spider man saving the day. Me I was just happy to Squirrel Girl not just pop up as some small part in a Spider man Cartoon.

now to the downside, I could sit here and judge the movie on thick Sg or say that it felt rushed at the end, but the truth is it was not made for adults like me, I give it this 9 because of the smile it put on my brothers face as he watched them saved the day from the bad guys.

Awful

[bfeldz · 1/10 · 23 September 2021]

I should start off by saying I am a long time Marvel comic reader and fan, and what I have noticed more than anything in regard to the comics, is a clear downward trajectory in regard to writing. In the last 15 years, the writing has gone downhill, to the point where I am not even sure downhill is a strong enough term. New characters are largely copies of older characters with young, bright eyed and often flawless kids taking on copycat roles of established characters. They tend not to have any depth, they tend to be politically motivated and stereotypical, cliches. Not good characters, but representative characters. Instead of being individually unique they tend to be broadly "representative" which makes them quite dull and 1 dimensional. There is no qualitative standard. The writing is amateurish at best. In reality, this is closer to fan fiction. In fact, it's much worse than a lot of fan fiction.

The Marvel Rising series is everything that's bad about the recent run of comics, shoved in to one awful animated series. I want to make it clear, it's not a problem that the series is aimed at children, it's not a problem they use new characters. It's a problem that they use terribly fleshed out and written characters, without depth and who come off more like Sex In the City characters than real human beings. And personally, I think that makes this awful for kids. If you want your kids learning stereotypes, perceiving lack of human depth as a positive character trait, or if you want children to feel the need to fit into one of these stereotypes, rather than being complete and individual human beings, I guess this is the show for you.

The writing is, even for a children's show, awful. The dialogue is poor, the character development is non existent and they largely deal with extremely superficial and vain problems. It really feels like the show was written by 17 year olds for shallow 15 year olds rather than growing and maturing children. Their lives are largely based around getting coffee and complaining about how hard it is to balance being a superhero and doing your schoolwork. Not exactly the ideal role models.

Really, this show is the epitome of everything that's sent comic sales into a downward spiral. The Disney aspect shines through in the worst corporate and shallow way. Have I said 'shallow' enough? Because this series is beyond shallow. And it's not just light, pop-centric fun with good writing, like say the original Buffy the Vampire Slayer series. It's probably not even as well written as a show like 90210 or an animation like Teen Titans GO! Which does everything right that Marvel Rising does wrong.

If this is the future of Marvel animated products, Marvel animation might not have much of a future at all. I would keep this show away from my children. Not because it covers topics that are to mature or content that isn't appropriate, but because it will make your children dumber and teach them that poor writing and seeing human beings as stereotypes and representative archetypes is a positive thing. And those are really, really not positive things. Their names and individual identities are completely secondary to their cliched personas. They could have just as easily named their characters "red haired and friendly teen male" or "hot tempered Latina". If that's what you think will help your kids grow and mature and become confident in who they are, then by all means.......but god help the future of our species. Have all the talented writers retired? Or do they just hire complete amateurs now?

Midcore

[WeAreLive · 5/10 · 27 October 2018]

Well, this movie could have been a good opportunity for having a diverse marvel superhero hero movie, with having the most youngest heroes both male and female. But no!!

But instead we get a team of heroes were there are just mainly female and two males. Also, why the hell is Squirrel Girl fat???

The animation as usual is the same as the one from Marvels Spider-Man and Avengers Assembles current season.

I guess the action was good but too short. Also, the music is tolaratable.

The voice acting was good but seriously Bang Zoom you dub some many animes but you waste a great voice talent like Dee Bradley Baker on this??? I would have wanted to hear him on Kakaeguri, Hunter X Hunter or even the new Laws of the universe if those dubs were union but instead you wasted him on a cheap movie pandering to kids. So now, it looks like I have to give up this dream of him being in one.

Well this movie wasn't a complete time waste as it was my birthday yesterday and I was just waiting for my dad to finish his phone interview and it worked as a time killer.

bad but can improve

[cherukuripraharsha · 4/10 · 4 October 2018]

Pro-:kamala khan stuff is solid cons-:1) how are inhumans different than xmen 2)voice acting is mixed but mostly bad 2.1)kamala khan's mom sounds likes 1960's not early 2000's in accent 2.2) squirrel girls voice acting is annoying 3)animation is neither distinct or memorable 4)story is a mess and keeps trowing terms 5)teenager's dialog is terrible and written by someone in there 40's

Wasted opportunity

[blackbird1048 · 3/10 · 6 November 2018]

Once again this demonstrates marvel studio hacks getting hold of characters, good ideas and destroying them. Marvel once again shows that DC Animated is far superior in it's tales, character portrayals, and it's action sequences. Even when it's doing daft episodes.

If this movie was aimed at 5 year olds or younger, I could accept it and leave it alone. Unfortunately it's not. It's going to be watched by fans of the subject matter. The actors do a good job with the horrific script and dialogue they have to work with.

The problem is that the comedy is too slap-stick for making the characters likeable or realistic. These are meant to be late teens early twenty characters not 9 - 12 year old characters. They all come off as characters from "clueless", not real people.

The Worst Modern Marvel Animated Movie From All The Time (In My Opinion)

[BluePlayer2828 · 1/10 · 11 April 2019]

Protagonists and heroes flat and without charisma,even hawkeye is better to be a character filling in the MCU Captain Marvel is a convenience for the characters

Pop Music singed by Dove Cameron 3 times in the movie (it's annoying)

The ''Villain'' Victor is pathetic is only a black recolor of loki, (not of skin color,suit) with random powers, like demon transformation,fire,and dimensional portals and and an unnescessary scene with squirrel girl and captain america.

better see Thor: Tales Of Asgard,do not waste your time in this movie, i only use it to analyze it seeing it only once. Or give an opportunity to venom (movie) or captain marvel (movie). Good Animation,Very Very Bad and Boring Plot.

Trolls-get a life!

[marcusbernacci · 10/10 · 7 April 2020]

It's a cartoon made for children but grown men go out of their way to bash it because it's based on superhero comics and it offends them because it's with girls.

Holy Guacamole Batman

[Eli_Elvis · 1/10 · 9 April 2019]

What in the ever living sht did I just watch? The cringe is strong in this one.