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Avengers: Age of Ultron

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Action adventure starring Robert Downey Jr, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo and Chris Evans. During a raid on a Hydra base to recover Loki's sceptre, the Avengers encounter unexpected resistance from the Maximoff twins, orphans with superpowers bestowed by the evil Baron von Strucker. Tony Stark is eager to use the sceptre to complete a peacemaking programme called Ultron. However, Ultron gains sentience and formulates his own ideas on how to keep the world safe... and it doesn't include the Avengers.

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Jeremy Aspinall

Following the break-up of SHIELD in Captain America: the Winter Soldier, Marvel's superhero A-team returns with a vengeance in this exhilarating sequel. In a rousing opening, Iron Man, Thor, Captain America and co take the fight to Hydra in a battle that's worthy of a war movie. But a more powerful adversary soon emerges in the robotic shape of Ultron (chillingly voiced by James Spader), whose ultimate aim is to destroy humanity. It doesn't help that he's a Tony Stark experiment gone rogue, whose insider knowledge allows his allies, the Maximoff twins (Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Elizabeth Olsen - "he's fast, she's weird") - to take the Avengers apart from within. It's then full mayhem ahead, including a humdinger of a punch-up between a bulked-up Iron Man and a rampaging Hulk that makes the Thor/Hulk tussle from Avengers Assemble look like a tiff in a teacup. However, director Joss Whedon is just as interested in what makes his characters tick than how they throw a shield or a hammer - the burgeoning relationship between Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) and Bruce Banner/Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) is given particularly sensitive treatment. Although there are some longueurs when Whedon feels bound to plot a pathway to Marvel's next tranche of potential blockbusters, the witty repartee between stars at ease in their superhero skin leavens the odd lull. And then there's the first appearance of the enigmatic Vision (Paul Bettany). But will he be saviour or sinner? A literally earth-shattering climax, in which not everyone remains unscathed, reveals all.

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rolenameTony Stark / Iron ManRobert Downey JrThorChris HemsworthBruce Banner / HulkMark RuffaloSteve Rogers / Captain AmericaChris EvansNatasha Romanoff / Black WidowScarlett JohanssonClint Barton / HawkeyeJeremy RennerNick FurySamuel L JacksonPietro Maximoff / QuicksilverAaron JohnsonWanda Maximoff / Scarlet WitchElizabeth OlsenJarvis / The VisionPaul BettanyUltronJames SpaderColonel James Rhodes / War MachineDon CheadleMaria HillCobie SmuldersBaron Wolfgang von StruckerThomas KretschmannUlysses KlaueAndy SerkisHeimdallIdris ElbaErik SelvigStellan SkarsgårdPeggy CarterHayley AtwellLauraLinda CardelliniThanosJosh BrolinDr Helen ChoClaudia KimSam Wilson / FalconAnthony MackieMadame BJulie DelpyHulkLou FerrignoVeteranStan LeeDr ListHenry GoodmanZrinkaDominique Provost-ChalkleyFridayKerry Condon

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rolenameDirectorJoss Whedon

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Theatrical distributor

Disney

Released on

2015-04-24

Languages

English | Korean

Guidance

Some violence and swearing

Available on

DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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