The third solo outing for the Asgardian thunder god arrived in 2017 with its tone dialled somewhere entirely new: louder, brighter, drenched in synthesiser and neon, and perfectly willing to knock its own hero off his pedestal before the first act is over.
What is Thor: Ragnarok about?
Asgard's future is what hangs in the balance. A ruinous prophecy the realm's heir long treated as distant legend begins to read less like myth and more like a timetable, and the throne he assumed would always be waiting falls instead to a conqueror bent on remaking it. By the time he grasps the scale of what is coming he is nowhere near home: captured, stripped of the weapon that defined him, and sold into a gaudy arena on a far-off world where a preening impresario stages fights for a paying crowd. The champion waiting in the ring is no stranger, but a former ally last seen on very different terms and in no mood for a reunion. Getting back across the cosmos in time means assembling the least dependable alliance of his life.
About the cast
Chris Hemsworth headlines, with Tom Hiddleston, Cate Blanchett, Idris Elba, Tessa Thompson, Jeff Goldblum, Karl Urban and Mark Ruffalo rounding out the ensemble. It is a cast asked to play broad and straight at once, carrying cosmic stakes with the timing of a comedy, and much of the picture's reputation rests on how willingly seasoned dramatic performers agree to be funny on purpose.
Context & significance
Taika Waititi directed, and the shift in register is the most discussed thing about the production. Where the earlier Asgard chapters leaned on solemn court intrigue and a Shakespearean cadence, this one runs on improvisation, bright primary colour and a soundtrack that treats classic rock as structure rather than decoration. It is a United States production running a little over two hours, and it sits inside the wider superhero cycle while behaving, scene to scene, like an action comedy that happens to involve gods, gladiators and the end of a world.
Watching Thor: Ragnarok on Ktime
Thor: Ragnarok streams on K-Time with both a Persian dub and Persian subtitles, so a household can switch between the original English audio and a Farsi track depending on who is watching. The page you are reading is open to everyone; starting playback takes a free K-Time account login. The Farsi interface runs across web, phones, tablets and television.