Mihir Bhanage, TNN, Updated: May 6, 2021, 04.33 PM ISTCritic's Rating: 2.5/5 Led by Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer, one would expect Thunder Force to be a hell of a ride, loaded with comedy. The film, to an extent, delivers on the latter with funny moments and ample punch lines. It also tries to deliver punches as the leading ladies turn superwomen to take on the Miscreants (yes, it’s exactly what you think it is). However, the fun is short-lived, thanks to lazy writing and predictable execution. The story of Thunder Force revolves around Lydia (McCarthy) and Emily (Spencer), who strike a friendship after Lydia, the brash kid with a heart of gold, saves Emily, the studious kid with a mission, from bullies. Emily’s parents have been killed in an attack by the Miscreants, a group of villains with superpowers, and Emily has vowed to avenge their death. For that, she intends to complete the research work started by her parents to find a solution to the miscreants’ issues. While Emily grows up to complete that mission of hers, she and Lydia have a falling out in college. Lydia, on the other hand, sticks to a routine job of driving forklifts until one day when she decides to go visit Emily at her office. One thing leads to another and a silly mistake from Lydia leads her to be injected with a superhuman serum that Emily’s team has developed. With things going out of hand, Emily decides to take the other serum course for herself and the audience gets Thunder Force, a team that is ready to take the Miscreants, head on!