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- Written and directed by Falcone, Thunder Force stars McCarthy as Lydia Berman, a blue collar Chicagoan who unexpectedly acquires superpowers. So, she joins forces with her childhood bestie Emily Stanton (Octavia Spencer), a genius geneticist who has her own super serum.
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Apr 12, 2021 · Netflix's new comedy Thunder Force stars Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer as Lydia and Emily, two 40-something women who become superheroes and fight crime. × EXCLUSIVES
- Miscreants Explained
- Why The Crab Switched Allegiances
- Why Tracy Took The Treatment
- How Thunder Force Sets Up A Sequel
Thunder Force's opening scene explains Miscreants were created after a phenomenon in the 1980s took place. A massive pulse of interstellar cosmic rays struck the Earth's population, which triggered a genetic transformation in a handful of individuals, leading to them developing superpowers; in a way, it's not unlike how superheroes and supervillain...
One of the main plot points in Thunder Force involves Lydia's attraction to and budding relationship with the Crab. As he is a Miscreant, Lydia initially meets him when she and Emily are stopping him and Laser from robbing a convenience store. Despite the fact that he works for the King, Lydia can't fight their attraction to one another. They go on...
In Thunder Force, Lydia and Emily are stark opposites. Lydia is brash and fun, where as Emily is quiet and highly intelligent. But since she is so smart, Emily was always called a nerd growing up. Because of that, she was always a little embarrassed of who she was. Her daughter Tracy took after her in a lot of ways. But after Tracy met Lydia and th...
Thunder Force wrapped up its story enough to give the audience a satisfying ending, but still managed to keep the door open for a sequel. The newly crowned mayor of Chicago, Rachel Gonzalez, offered Thunder Force a contract to protect the city. While the King was taken into custody, Laser is still roaming the streets, which sets her up to be the vi...
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In 2024, Emily and Lydia have gone their separate ways, with Emily becoming a successful scientist and researcher for her own company and Lydia becoming a longshoreman. Lydia tries to reconnect with Emily when their high school reunion comes around.
Jun 16, 2022 · In Thunder Force , Melissa McCarthy stars as Lydia, a nostalgia-loving Chicago native who meets with her estranged best friend Emily and accidentally gets injected with a secret serum. Lydia then receives 33 treatments and teams up with Emily to battle the Miscreants.
Apr 10, 2021 · In the movie’s prologue, we meet the young, mega-smart Emily (Bria Danielle) following her tragic loss as she forms an unlikely best friendship with class-clown Lydia (Vivian Falcone, daughter...
Apr 9, 2021 · Netflix Staff. Entertainment. 09 April 2021. Global United States. Link copied to clipboard. Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer star in the new Netflix film Thunder Force as two childhood best friends who reunite as an unlikely crime-fighting superhero duo .
Apr 9, 2021 · When Lydia and Emily come back into each other's lives after childhood, Emily has risen to the top of her field as a geneticist and CEO of her own company. Lydia works a forklift. When Emily doesn't show up to the high school reunion, Lydia is devastated, and goes to Emily's gleaming corporate offices, determined to drag her friend back to the ...
