Put this on a Wheaties box: The following article contains major spoilers for "Thunderbolts."

If you've seen one Marvel movie, you've seen them all -- or so goes the conventional wisdom surrounding this franchise, at least. To be fair, the criticisms about the studio adhering to a certain "formula" aren't entirely off-base. Although this point was largely brushed off or tolerated when the Marvel Cinematic Universe was operating on all cylinders, it became impossible to ignore once the quality of each installment lowered and lowered with almost every passing film in the wake of "Avengers: Endgame." This year's disappointing release of "Captain America: Brave New World" only made the spotlight even brighter than it already was. And once it was finally time to release "Thunderbolts*," more of the same ol' thing simply wouldn't cut it.

Thankfully, director Jake Schreier is well aware of this potential problem and gets out ahead of it.