Chloé Zhao brings her interest in wide landscapes and quiet character study to a superhero ensemble that has been hiding among humans for millennia.
What is Eternals about?
A group of immortal beings has spread across the world for thousands of years, each one settling into a different corner of human history while keeping their true nature hidden. A sudden crisis pulls them out of that long isolation and forces the group back together, and the film spends much of its runtime on the friction between members who have grown apart over centuries of separate lives. Rather than building toward a single city-leveling battle in the usual mode, the story leans on family tension, old loyalties and disagreements about what their presence on Earth was ever meant to accomplish. Their reunion sets them against a threat tied to their original purpose, one that forces each character to reconsider what they owe to humanity after so long apart from it.
About the cast
Gemma Chan and Richard Madden lead an ensemble that includes Angelina Jolie, Kumail Nanjiani, Barry Keoghan, Lauren Ridloff, Lia McHugh and Brian Tyree Henry, each taking one member of the group. The cast spans a wide range of ages and screen personas, which suits a story built around characters who have lived through very different centuries.
Context & significance
The film introduces an entirely new set of characters to its franchise rather than continuing an established storyline, which gave it more room to build its own mythology from the ground up. Its visual approach, favoring natural light and real locations over studio-built sets, marked a departure from the house style of the wider franchise it belongs to and drew attention on that basis alone. The ensemble format also let the film move between several distinct relationships rather than centering on one lead.
Watching Eternals on Ktime
Eternals is available on K-Time to stream with a free account login, with no separate purchase needed beyond a paid subscription. A Persian dub and Persian subtitles both accompany the film, and the K-Time interface itself runs in Farsi, which suits an ensemble story where keeping track of names and relationships matters.