Whedon shows some of the mind control fantasies that the Scarlet Witch plants into the brains of the various Avengers, but as vivid as they are, they seem to lack a strong follow-up for the time invested in them. Spoiler aside, there is much rejoicing later in the film when Vision emerges once the tide begins to turn against Ultron.
Whedon keeps things personal and emotional when Stark’s artificial intelligence valet Jarvis (Paul Bettany) finds itself at the mercy of Ultron as the first line of defense once the program begins growing in power. Whedon can spend much more of his time focusing in the quieter moments showing the camaraderie between the members (until Stark makes his major blunder which, of course, splits the team utterly), giving us insider information about Hawkeye/Clint Barton’s home life, and showing the touchingly growing bond between Natasha Romanoff and Bruce Banner (and alternately, there is also a emotional touchstone between the twins Pietro and Wanda Maximoff as they seek revenge early on and then are horrified upon learning of Ultron’s ultimate aims). Having gotten his six top Marvel superheroes together in the last film, writer-director Joss Whedon doesn’t have to take time finding an excuse for them to band together here, beginning the film with the end of the battle with the team against Baron von Strucker (in the most mediocrely produced CGI sequence in the film: it looks much more like a video game in progress. Not only does Ultron equip an army of combat robots to help carry out his mission, but he enlists the help of twins with extraordinary gifts who can help tear the Avengers apart from the inside: super speedy Quicksilver (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) and Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen) whose powers of mental control and telekinesis will be especially useful for Ultron’s purposes. Stark’s Iron Man along with Captain America (Chris Evans), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), The Incredible Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), and Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) are put to the ultimate test as the fate of the planet hangs in the balance.
One looks forward one day to a superhero movie that somehow will not revolve around the destruction of the human race.Īudio: English 7.1 DTS-HDMA, Spanish 5.1 DD, French 5.1 DDĪfter defeating Baron Wolfgang von Strucker (Thomas Kretschmann) and retrieving Loki’s scepter containing the Mind Stone, Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) tries to a harness artificial intelligence in a peacekeeping program called Ultron, but things go quickly awry as the emerging super computer program (voiced by James Spader) plans to eliminate humanity as a means of cleansing the planet and starting over. Once again humanity gets saved amid tremendous destruction and with a few major lives lost, but while the action is well paced and the characters probed more thoughtfully than before, the film still has the feeling of déjà vu about it. On his second movie with the Avengers (subtitled Age of Ultron), writer-director Joss Whedon has once again rounded up all of the top-tier Marvel superheroes and embroiled them in another world cataclysm scenario against a seemingly unbeatable antagonist.
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