Thor: The Dark World

Why watch

Starlit Cine editors

• Best for followers of Marvel's Thor; Alan Taylor directs the sequel.
• Natalie Portman, Kat Dennings and Stellan Skarsgård appear.
• About 1 hour 52 minutes; watch the first film first.

Synopsis

Thor: The Dark World is a 2013 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Thor, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It is the sequel to Thor (2011) and the eighth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The film was directed by Alan Taylor from a screenplay by Christopher Yost and the writing team of Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely. It stars Chris Hemsworth as Thor alongside Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Stellan Skarsgård, Idris Elba, Christopher Eccleston, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Kat Dennings, Ray Stevenson, Zachary Levi, Tadanobu Asano, Jaimie Alexander, Rene Russo, and Anthony Hopkins. In the film, Thor and Loki (Hiddleston) team up to save the Nine Realms from the Dark Elves.

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Director & cast

• A

  Alan Taylor

  Director

• K

  Kat Dennings

  Darcy Lewis

• N

  Natalie Portman

  Jane Foster

• S

  Stellan Skarsgård

  Erik Selvig

• I

  Idris Elba

  Heimdall

• C

  Christopher Eccleston

  Malekith

• A

  Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

  Algrim/Kurse