Super heroes. Dialogue filled with cliche and warning. Fantastic aerial combat not from supersonic jets but from men and women with superpowers. Fighting to save the world from an artificial intelligence taller, smarter, stronger and shinier than any of them. Ultron, who doesn't have humble connection in his neural net, is this artificial intelligence. Ultron believes that in order to create a peaceful world, all humans must be exterminated ~ beginning with every one of the superheroes - Iron Man (Robert Downey, Jr.), Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) Captain America (Chris Evans), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner), The Hulk/Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo), and new to the scene are Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen) and Quicksilver (Aaron Taylor-Johnson). Then there is Vision, a sentient robot, played by Paul Bettany who comes into being in a computer lab and by fortunate accident. Vision is the superhero that works on the side of good and saving the human race. (He has a cape!)
Directed by Joss Whedon, Avengers 2 ~ Age of Ultron was fun! Lots of smashed cars and buildings, people being saved from instant death and destruction, tender family scenes (at a minimum) and special effects galore. Reading online information, many scenes - and one or two super heroes were cut. Even then the movie was a three hour slug fest. Only one of the superheroes dies and another goes missing - can’t tell you any more than that! That would be giving away some of the suspense.
“I like superheroes. I like the drama of it,
the stirring, larger-than-life aspect.”
~ Kurt Busiek
Written and directed by Joss Whedon
Partial Cast:
Robert Downey, Jr. - Iron Man
Scarlett Johansson - Black Widow
Chris Evans - Captain America
Chris Hemsworth - Thor
Jeremy Renner - Hawkeye
Mark Ruffalo - The Hulk/Bruce Banner
Elizabeth Olsen - Scarlet Witch
Aaron Taylor-Johnson - Quicksilver
Vision, a sentient robot - Paul Bettany
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