A giant alien carrying a man by the chest dumps him on the floor. A soldier stabs a dying man through the back with a spear, and we hear the sound. The scene shows the wrecked remains of the ship with its floor littered with burning debris and dead bodies. The violence includes killing a son or daughter, torture, mass death and numerous dead bodies, the mass destruction of property, and some blood and gruesome images. Genocide and mass murder starvation and poverty depletion of resources personal sacrifice killing a son or daughter superheroes and superpowers ViolenceĪvengers: Infinity War contains extended, intense sequences of violence and peril. The Avengers and Guardians fight Thanos and his armies across several worlds, including Earth, in a bid to stop Thanos from getting all the Infinity Stones. They include Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), The Hulk/Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo), Captain America (Chris Evans), Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), Spider Man (Tom Holland), Dr Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch), Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman), and the Guardians of the Galaxy – Gamora (Zoe Saldana), Mantis (Pom Klementieff), Drax (Dave Bautista), Groot (voice of Vin Diesel), Rocket (voice of Bradley Cooper) and Star Lord (Chris Pratt). Standing in his way are a collection of the universe’s greatest superheroes. If Thanos obtains all the Stones he’ll have the power to wipe out half of the universe’s population with a single thought. Thanos is on a quest to obtain the Infinity Stones, which are gems with cosmic powers like the ability to control time. Thanos believes that by killing half of the universe’s population, one planet at a time, he’ll prevent starvation, poverty and the total depletion of the universe’s resources. Avengers: Infinity War opens with mass murderer Thanos (Josh Brolin) and his army of monstrous aliens, witches and wizards attacking a planet and killing half of the population.