Let’s be real: no one expected Thunderbolts* to go this hard. Conceived as the MCU’s answer to The Suicide Squad or a replacement for the Guardians of the Galaxy, the film always risked becoming Marvel’s dumping ground for its least resolved B-players, a franchise palate-cleanser no one asked for. But under the direction of Thunderbolts* and a committed ensemble that works overtime to tether the bombast to something bruised and recognisably human, Thunderbolts* turns out to be something else entirely: a surprisingly moving, often funny, and at times...