When Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) jumpstarts a dormant peacekeeping program, things go terribly awry, forcing him, Thor (Chris Hemsworth), the Incredible Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) and the rest of the Avengers to reassemble. As the fate of Earth hangs in the balance, the team is put to the ultimate test as they battle Ultron (James Spader), a technological terror hell-bent on human extinction. Along the way, they encounter two mysterious and powerful newcomers, Pietro and Wanda Maximoff.
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This installation of the Avengers is jam packed with action, right from the opening sequence you're thrown right into the thick of it and I do admit, at times it does get a little over the top and hard to bare. The CGI through out the movie is actually really good, as we've come to expect from this day and age. It has its fair share of emotional moments, especially when they introduce Hawkeye's family in an attempt to get us to like him more but we all know where we stand on that particular front.
The plot does have certain similarities to the original in my opinion, sometime during the middle of the movie the Avengers get to squabbling among themselves as they did in the first one, followed by a giant action sequence towards the end where they face an army with one dude leading them and Iron Man as usual saving the day. It all just feels like its been done before, oh that's right, it has!
The introduction of not one, not two, but three new characters doesn't really deliver as much as you think it would but that's just because people these days are mostly pseudo-fans and wannabe-hipster nerds trying to jump on the superhero bandwagon but for actual comic book geeks such as myself, the introduction of Scarlet Witch and especially The Vision made me absolutely lose my shit!
All in all, it doesn't live up to the hype in my honest opinion but it is for the most part what you would expect from this franchise and as a Marvel fan, you should go watch and see for yourself. Its fairly well done, certain aspects could be handled better all in all, you should watch it at least once.
