Thor (The Asylum)

In Almighty Thor, Thor is the young son of Odin and brother of Baldr, who are killed by Loki in a futile attempt to steal the Hammer of Invincibility from Asgard in order to bring about Ragnarök. Thor is taught to fight by a valkyrie named Jarnsaxa, and he travels to Earth to retrieve the Hammer, where Loki is also looking for it. In their battle, Loki sends Thor to Hel, where Thor crafts a second hammer from molten lava, and he returns to earth to defeat Loki with it and prevent Ragnarök.

In Thor: God of Thunder, Loki escapes his confinement in Asgard and once again kills Odin (who had come back to life). Loki searches for Yggdrasil, the tree of the nine realms, which is hidden on Earth. With the help of the wolf god Fenrir, Loki intends to destroy Yggdrasil and recreate it in his image in order to give him dominion over the universe. An older Thor returns to Earth so that he can, with the help of archeologists Grace Choi and Adrian Quinn, find the two halves of the Amulet of Varga in order to stop Loki and Fenrir.

Cody Deal initially auditioned for the title character in Marvel's 2011 film Thor, but did not get the role. However, he was immediately chosen for The Asylum's 2011 mockbuster Almighty Thor due to his looks. Almighty Thor was released just over two years after Deal's initial audition for Thor.[1][2]

Thor appeared in a second film by The Asylum titled Thor: God of Thunder, released in 2022 to coincide with Marvel's Thor: Love and Thunder,[3] although Cody Deal did not return to play him.

Reviewers criticized Deal's performance as Thor, with one critic comparing him to a "teenage boy having a tantrum",[4] and another calling him "a standard callow youth".[5] Stuart Heritage from the Guardian jokingly said that The Asylum's Thor was better than Marvel's version, ironically praising the absurdity of him using an uzi submachine gun in the film.[6]

Myrom Kingery's performance as Thor was generally better received, being described as "suitably heroic while handling some of the comedic moments well".[7] Rob Price from the website Comic Watch said that he portrayed Thor with "a wonderful seductive deep voice with a kindness that puts people at ease", although he criticized the costume design for hiding Kingery's weightlifter physique underneath fur and chainmail.[8]