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To Infinity (War) and beyond

Last Friday, fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) were treated to a day chock full of new promotional material for the highly anticipated, Avengers: Infinity War, which premieres April 27. Along with the official trailer poster release and the opening of ticket sales, the film also dropped its second trailer.

The trailer comes three months after Marvel dropped the film’s initial teaser, which became the highest-viewed trailer of all time and amassing 230 million views in its first 24 hours. The trailer that debuted last week now sits at 179 million views in the first 24 hours, only behind the first Infinity War trailer and the trailer for It (2017).

The film will reportedly feature over 60 characters. While the film’s runtime is set at two hours and 36 minutes, much of the movie’s plot has been kept under wraps. Yet, there were still some important scenes that piqued viewer curiosity and hyped what will surely be record-breaking audiences. Here are some of the best shots from Infinity War trailer No. 2:

The Black Order makes its first appearance
One of the most exciting looks in the trailer is the shot of Thanos’ (the film’s main antagonist) entourage, the Black Order. This group of evil beings consists of Ebony Maw, Proxima Midnight, Cull Obsidian and Corvus Glaive. What makes this significant is that it is the first time the quadruplet of henchmen makes an appearance in any of the film’s promotion. Tom Hiddleston’s Loki appears to be in the company of the Order, but it is unclear whether he is there voluntarily or not. Though, the weapon that Proxima Midnight is holding up to his head seems to give some indication of his allegiance.

The film’s settings start to shape up
In the first trailer, the majority of the shots took place in Wakanda, the mythical African country established in the MCU earlier this year in “Black Panther”(which is still shattering global box office records). The most recent trailer now shows more scenes in New York, Wakanda and Titan, Thanos’ home planet.

There will be humor
While Marvel top brass have promised that not every Avenger will make it out of this installment alive and that the film will be serious, they still made room for some humor. This was evident in two scenes from the trailer; one with a sarcastic conversation between Peter Quill (Chris Pratt) and Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.), while the other demonstrated a naive Peter Parker (Tom Holland) first meeting Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch).

The possible end of Captain America
Perhaps the most noteworthy shot of the entire trailer comes when Captain America uses his bare hands to fight off the Mad Titan, Thanos. While Cap is known to exert super-human strength, the likelihood that he can successfully fight off Thanos in hand-to-hand combat is low, very low. Is this the end of the Steve Rogers’ (Chris Evans) Captain America?

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