Film: Avengers:Age of Ultron

GENRE: Action/Adventure

RATING: PG-13 for violence
RUNTIME: 2 hours and 21 minutes

STARRING: Robert Downey Jr. (Sherlock Holmes, The Judge)

Chris Evans (Captain America), James Spader (The Blacklist)

DIRECTOR: Joss Whedon (Avengers, Serenity)

WRITER: Joss Whedon (Avengers, Buffy, Firefly, Toy Story)

PLOT: Tony Stark inadvertently creates an all-powerful robot bent on destroying the world instead of saving it. Action ensues.   

FIVE OBSERVATIONS:

1 Another Joss Whedon slamdunk. Not as fun as the first one but highly entertaining with its action/humour/pathos mix. It’s a pretty close second.

2 I was worried with the CG-ness of the first sequence but was mesmerized with the choreography of one of the last group fight sequences. Amazing.

3 I like how Whedon again gives every character times to shine and deliver the funny line. He is a truly gifted writer when it comes to character.  

4 I wasn’t a huge fan of the AI plot. It slowed the film down considerably in the third quarter. Luckily it ended strong.

5 There were some shocking surprises throughout. I won’t spoil them here. But just so you know, while there is something after the initial credits, there is nothing after the final credits; it just says that they will return  

RECOMMENDATION: See it in theatres now.
UPCOMING REVIEWS: Tomorrowland