Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)

This is not a bad follow up to the first film. "Stark" (Robert Downey Jnr.) and "Banner/Hulk" (Mark Ruffalo) have a grand design to create a computer programme that will ensure peace on Earth for ever. Snag is, that programme hoodwinks "Jarvis" as well as both of them and turns into the rather menacing James Spader iteration of "Ultron" (yes, I too thought that was a detergent!). Anyway, "Ultron" concludes, not entirely unreasonably, that peace on Earth might be more attainable if mankind were actually to be the beings eradicated, so he sets about…

Quality Superhero team flick, actually better than the first one The first movie from 2012 was so overhyped it was almost impossible NOT to be let down a little. It started good, but the set-up went on & on and wasn't overly absorbing. Plus, way too much time was spent on the SHIELD heli-carrier, which created a somewhat one-dimensional vibe. Lastly, although Loki was a worthy villain, his army of Chitauri were stereotypically ee-vil, faceless enemies who were basically just canon-fodder for the Avengers. I like this one better because the "origin"…

Cool seeing them all together again, even if I didn't massively enjoy it. It's good, nothing more or less in my opinion. 'Avengers: Age of Ultron' isn't too far off 2012's 'The Avengers', especially in terms of how I fell about it. I definitely wanted more from both, yet they are still satisfying superhero action flicks. I'd rank this narrowly below the aforementioned. Robert Downey Jr. felt a little flat to me as Iron Man - he still has a decent amount of moments, just not as many as you get in his individual films. All the others continue to…