'The Avengers: Age of Ultron' Review
It misses the bar of classic movie greatness but Avengers: Age of Ultron is one of the most exciting and entertaining Marvel entries.
Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
In Avengers: Age of Ultron, Earth's Mightiest must reunite and work with newcomers Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch to battle a new antagonist Ultron, who receives an all-new origin story while dealing with a new level of inner conflict amongst the team. Quicksilver & Scarlet Witch may not necessarily agree with The Avengers and initially blame Tony Stark for creating the new villain and the death of their parents. Avengers: Age of Ultron was directed and written by Joss Whedon and produced by Kevin Feige for Marvel Studios. The movie was released on April 13, 2015, followed by its eventual sequels, Avengers: Infinity War in 2018 and Avengers: Endgame in 2019.
Avengers: Age of Ultron
- Director
- Joss Whedon
- Release Date
- May 1, 2015
- Distributor(s)
- Disney
- Cast
- Chris Hemsworth , Clark Gregg , Robert Downey Jr. , Cobie Smulders , Aaron Taylor-Johnson , Jeremy Renner , Thomas Kretschmann , Chris Evans , Don Cheadle , Mark Ruffalo , Elizabeth Olsen , Scarlett Johansson , Paul Bettany , Samuel L. Jackson , James Spader
- Writers
- Joss Whedon
- Runtime
- 141 minutes
- Franchise(s)
- The Avengers
- Sequel(s)
- Avengers: Endgame , Avengers: Infinity War , Avengers: Secret Wars
- prequel(s)
- The Avengers
- Budget
- 365 million USD
Summary
In The Avengers: Age of Ultron Earth's Mightiest must reunite and work with newcomers Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch to battle new antagonist Ultron, who receives an all-new origin story while dealing with a new level of inner conflict amongst the team. Quicksilver & Scarlet Witch may not necessarily agree with The Avengers and Tony Stark may be responsible for creating the new villain. Loki’s scepter fell into the wrong hands at the end of The Avengers and is being used to experiment on human beings. The Avengers raid a Hydra facility where they encounter two powerful test subjects, Pietro and Wanda Maximoff, who believe Tony Stark caused the death of their parents. Iron Man (Robert Downey, Jr.) retrieves the scepter and secretly works with Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo) on the "Ultron" project to protect the world. The project goes wrong, and Utron begins to believe the world should be eradicated. The two test subjects, Quicksilver (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) and Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen) are recruited to join him. The Avengers will now have to face off with the likes of two "miracles" along with an unyielding mechanical menace with unimaginable intelligence and an entire army at his disposal to save humanity from extinction. Avengers: Age of Ultron was directed and written by Joss Whedon and produced by Kevin Feige for Marvel Studios. The movie was released on April 13, 2015, followed by its eventual sequel, Avengers: Infinity War in 2018.
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