Age of Ultron opens with a large set piece battle between the
Avengers and the remnants of Hydra for Loki's Staff, which was teased at
the end of Captain America Winter Soldier. It is a well-choreographed
battle showcasing the strengths of each member, the team work and trust
developed between the members, and once again raises the question of why
Hawkeye is hanging out with a god and super-soldier. The Avengers and
new SHIELD are delivering a crushing defeat to Hydra when Hydra's two
human experiments make an appearance Wanda and Pietro Maximoff. Fans
will recognize them as Quicksilver and Scarlett Witch, mutants and the
children of Magnito, however due to legal issues over who holds the
rights to who, both characters are never referred to as mutants and they
are given a quick new but realistic back story. SHIELD still wins the
day and Tony Stark finds the secret Hydra lab filled with alien
artifacts. Scarlett Witch then shows Tony his deepest fears which drive
Tony's actions and lead to the creation of Ultron.
Tony fears that
without an ultimate plan for Earth's protection against alien threats
that all his friends will die lead him and Dr. Banner to use Loki's
staff to develop an AI to protect the world and fulfill Tony's dream of
peace in his time. The AI however learns everything about Earth's
problems from 24-hour cable news and come to the conclusion that in
order for there to be peace there can be no humans, and thus Ultron is
born.
The rest of the movie is a fun series of action set pieces
and one-liners as well as fleshing out Hawkeye, which is nice
considering he was barely in the first Avengers movie. The relationship
between Black Widow and Bruce Banner came out of left field, considering
the implied relationship between Hawkeye and Black Widow in the first
Avengers movie and Captain America Winter Soldier. This is where movie
fans learn the term "retcon" as it is reveled that Hawkeye has secretly
had a family the whole time and no Black Widow's arrow necklace in
Captain America Winder Soldier actually meant nothing.
Age of
Ultron is not an in depth character study for any of the characters and
is just like any comic book event. All the heroes get together and the
villain proceeds to ruin their day. The heroes are weakened by this
surprise attack and must regroup and call their friends so they can band
together and take on the villain. It certainly feels like the Marvel
Cinematic Universe has fully embraced its wacky comic book source
material rather than rejecting it in favor of gritty realism like the
current DC trend. This stylistic choice is lamp-shaded by Hawkeye in his
motivational speech to Scarlett Witch when he points out the
ridiculousness of the situation.
Age of Ultron is a strong entry
for anyone who is a fan of the current Marvel Cinematic Universe, filled
with nods to the comics and foreshadowing future movies, however it has
a steep entry fee for anyone who is not caught up on the rest of the
Marvel Cinematic Universe. Age of Ultron ends Phase Two for the Marvel
Cinematic Universe and it ends with a bang, the only question is how
much longer can Marvel continue to produce high quality movies?
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