Avenging angels are fun

Avengers: Age of Ultron
Starring: Robert Downey Jr, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Samuel Jackson, James Spader
Rated: 6/10
Last time it was New York these super guys were saving with all their special skills. This time it is an East European megapolis that the Marvel comic heroes sharing the elegantly gizmotic action terrain have been assigned to defend. There is a state-of-the-art gadgetry that has gotten slicker under the expert hands of director Joss Wedon. This time, they are avenging the Ultron and in between also an engineered fallout in the team of super heroes, cleverly crafted by the specially gifted Scarlett Witch who warps their mind with scenes from the past.
However, at stake, as always, is humanity itself, this time at the feet of the towering Ultron who feels humanity will never evolve and is, thus, liable to be annihilated and replaced by machines. With trouble brewing between the super-heroes, specially Iron Man and Captain America over the need of AI as also because they are caught in the mental maze spun by the Scarlett Witch, you hope they will get over it and go doing their business — that of saving the world in style.
The film, though way behind the first edition of the super heroes getting together for the first time ever, is still engaging, slick and a lot fun though you fervently wish that the mumbo-jumbo of talk had not taken away so much footage from the real action. Also, Robert Downey Jr and his enigmatic humour is as young as it gets as is the charm of Captain (Steve) America, Black (Johansson) Widow and the Hulk. 
Source: Sunday Pioneer, 26 April, 2015

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