![]() ![]() Unlike many big blockbuster action movies of late, Age of Ultron attempts to dig into the moral grey area of this kind of vigilante justice. Along with his magnificent cohorts-Captain America (Chris Evans), Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner), Thor (Chris Hemsworth) and Hulk (Mark Ruffalo)-Iron Man tracks Ultron across the world, attempting to neutralize the threat. This new villain decides that Earth’s Mightiest Heroes are the greatest threat to peace on said Earth, and he also happens to be the greatest enemy the superhero team has ever faced. So Stark’s efforts don’t end well, their result being Ultron, a sinister AI robot (who’s voiced to creepy perfection by James Spader). In the wake of everything he and the Avengers have seen and encountered-threats from other galaxies, gods showing up on Earth, that sort of madness-Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) attempts to create an artificially intelligent “suit of armor around the world.” His goal is to keep humanity safe from threats we can’t even imagine yet-because we all know how this sort of endeavor goes in movies. ![]() Or so it seems: Whedon’s is a delicate juggling act, and it’s his nimble chops that are why Age of Ultron is yet another in massive, exciting success from the comic book studio. At this point, another film of this magnitude could have easily devolved into a rambling, incoherent, 141-minute-long mess, but Whedon is able give each of these notable characters his or her moment to shine, imbuing them, every one, with legitimate emotional agency. This has been said elsewhere, but the impressive thing about Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron is how writer/director Joss Whedon takes a narrative that is absolutely packed with superheroes and their backstories and all the action in between, and never lets it all feel like it’s too much. ![]()
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