The parts that are hard to follow from the film alone, explained with a story summary, a character map and key terms.
Released
2019
Runtime
124 min
Set in
1995
Good to know before watchingNo spoilers
It's set in 1995
It came out in 2019, but the story takes place in 1995, with a young Fury and Coulson. In story order it comes right after Captain America: The First Avenger.
The hero has lost her memory
At first she doesn't know who she is. You discover the truth along with her, piece by piece.
Two powers in space
The Kree empire is at war with the Skrulls, who can change their shape. Which side is in the right is a big part of the story.
There are scenes during and after the credits
The mid-credits scene leads into Avengers: Endgame. Watch to the very end.
Character mapSpoilers
Who's who in Captain Marvel (2019), with Carol Danvers (Vers) and Nick Fury at the center. Earth friends are above, the forces from space below.
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In the Kree empire, Vers trains as a warrior under her commander, Yon-Rogg. She has no memory of her past and is haunted by dreams of a woman she doesn't know.
2. Captured by the Skrulls
On a mission, Vers is captured by the Skrulls, who search her memories. She escapes and crashes onto Earth, in Los Angeles, in 1995.
3. Meeting Fury
S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Nick Fury comes to investigate. When he learns shape-shifting Skrulls are hiding on Earth, he teams up with Vers.
4. Who is she?
Following clues from her memories, they discover she was once Air Force pilot Carol Danvers. She was believed to have died six years earlier in a crash with her boss, Dr. Lawson.
5. Maria and the truth
Carol reunites with her best friend Maria. Talos the Skrull arrives and explains the Skrulls are refugees who lost their home. The crash recording reveals Dr. Lawson was a Kree scientist building the engine to end the war, and that Yon-Rogg shot her.
6. What really happened
When Carol destroyed the engine, she absorbed its energy and gained her powers. The Kree took her, memory gone, and raised her as one of their warriors.
7. Her true power
In a hidden lab in space, Carol breaks the device the Kree used to hold back her powers and unleashes her full strength. Alone, she drives off the Kree fleet sent to attack Earth.
8. A farewell, and the start of the Avengers
Carol leaves to help the Skrulls find a new home and gives Fury a pager. Fury names his new initiative after her old Air Force call sign, "Avenger."
