Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Star Simu Liu reviews his MCU debut movie with a cheeky jab at a certain Marvel character. Phase 4 introduced several heroes as potential new members of the Avengers, including She-Hulk, Moon Knight, Ms. Marvel, Monica Rambeau and Shang-Chi. Of these, only Shang-Chi was formally invited by the Avengers, as seen in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings‘Mid credits scene. Although Shang-Chi hasn’t returned in three years, he’s seemingly set to be a major MCU figure soon.
On XShang-Chi actor Simu Liu Celebrates Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings‘ third anniversary with his own review of the MCU movie. Liu gives Shang-Chi’s first solo movie an 8.5/10 and points that out “The lead actor is a little too full of himself”. Liu, of course, is only joking, as he championed Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings in 2021 and repeatedly showed his love for the movie and the character. Check out Simu Liu’s post below:
How Simu Liu’s review compares to the scores of critics and audiences
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings was one of the highlights of the last two phases of the MCU
Simu Liu jokingly rated Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings 8.5/10. However, Liu’s rating is not too far away from the actual ratings of the usual critics and audiences for the Phase 4 film. on rotten tomatoes, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Has a 91% critics score and a 98% audience scorePlacing it in eighth and second place respectively in the MCU ranking. The only MCU movie to match Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings‘ Audience score Is Spider-Man: No Way HomeWhich has a slightly higher critics score: 93%.
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MCU movie |
RT critics score |
RT audience score |
|---|---|---|
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Black Panther |
96% |
79% |
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Iron Man |
92% |
91% |
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Avengers: Endgame |
94% |
90% |
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Spider-Man: No Way Home |
93% |
98% |
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Thor: Ragnarok |
93% |
87% |
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Spider-Man: Homecoming |
92% |
87% |
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Guardians of the Galaxy |
92% |
92% |
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Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings |
91% |
98% |
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Spider-Man: Far From Home |
91% |
95% |
|
The Avengers |
91% |
91% |
on metacritic, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings has a 71 MetaScore and a 7.0 user score, earning the film an A “generally favorable” Rating on both counts. Although Shang-ChiMetacritic’s ratings seem much lower than Rotten Tomatoes, Simu Liu’s MCU debut movie holds a high spot in Metacritic’s Marvel movie rankings. since 2024, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings stands one place higher than Spider-Man: No Way Home And three spots lower than Sam Raimi Spider-Man. Only taking into account MCU movies, Shang-Chi Joins Metacritic’s Top 10 MCU Movies at #9.
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Other sites rate Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Similarly, with a 7.5/10 on IMDb and a 3.4/5 average on Letterboxd. Shang-Chi’s MCU debut movie may not be unanimously considered the best MCU film, but it was certainly received well by critics and audiences, and it was one of the strongest Phase 4 releases. Although Shang-Chi 2 has not yet been officially confirmed, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings‘ Positive reception almost guarantees a sequel, if not in Phase 6, probably early in Phase 7.