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Avengers: Age of Ultron

Avengers: Age of Ultron

Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

When Tony Stark tries to jumpstart a dormant peacekeeping program, things go awry and it is up to the Avengers to stop the villainous Ultron from enacting his terrible plans.


The critical consensus

Bigger and, yes, darker than the first, this is less air-punchingly gleeful but probably more consistent. Thanks to Whedon and the most charismatic, compelling cast you’ll find anywhere, Age of Ultron redefines the scale we can expect from our superhero epics but still fits human-sized emotion amid the bombast.

****(*)Helen O'Hara, Empire Online, 20/04/2015

Part horror, part love story, part morality tale, Age Of Ultron is a smart superhero smackdown that raises the bar once more – this time it's personal, political and petrifying.

****(*)Rosie Fletcher, Total Film, 21/04/2015

Age of Ultron may be the ultimate comic book movie, but when Marvel’s output lacks distinction it begins to feel less like they’re making films and more like they’re creating an ongoing series, each instalment closer to resembling a filler issue than a satisfying arc of its own.

***(*)(*)Patrick Harley, TVBomb, 23/04/2015

There’s enough good-to-great stuff here – and an actual personality to the cinematic vision behind it – to overcome the occasional niggles, and the film is ultimately a deeper and overall more compelling experience than its predecessor, though definitely a shaggier one.

****(*)Josh Slater-Williams, The Skinny, 22/04/2015

It's hard not to admire how efficiently and enjoyably the myriad elements have been threaded together; Age of Ultron is a suitably well-oiled machine with an insatiable appetite for, family friendly, destruction.

****(*)Emma Simmonds, The List, 21/04/2015

A very choppy and unwieldy affair.

***(*)(*)Geoffrey MacNab, The Independent, 21/04/2015

It’s a superhero cavalcade of energy and fun.

****(*)Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 22/04/2015

Entertaining enough but there are no party bags to take home.

Sophie Monks Kaufman, Little White Lies, 21/04/2015

Verdict: CGI-driven extravaganza.

***(*)(*)Brian Viner, Daily Mail, 24/04/2015

Having bent the world to his will, Whedon, a modest and self-deprecating talent, has helped Marvel unleash a form of spectacle-laden blockbuster that, unfortunately, seems intent on obliterating what he does best.

**(*)(*)(*)Alistair Harkness, The Scotsman, 25/04/2015

There are surprises and revelations in the latest hectic chapter of the superhero soap opera, the death of a reasonably significant character and enough loose ends to keep the Marvel franchise operating for years to come.

****(*)Allan Hunter, Daily Express, 24/04/2015

Multiple superheroes fight for humanity – and screen time – in Joss Whedon’s frantic franchise.

***(*)(*)Mark Kermode, The Observer, 26/04/2015

Where and when?

General release. Check local listings for show times.

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