Last Action Heroes
Film:
Avengers: Age Of Ultron
Cast: Robert
Downey Jr, Chris Evans, Jeremy Renner, Scarlett Johansson
Directed by:
Joss Whedon
Duration: 2
hrs 22 mins
Rating: * * *
As far as studios are concerned, the best way to make money
is by making super hero films and if you have multiple superheroes rolled in
one, irrespective of the content, a bonanza is assured. If you have a good screenplay then it is a
bonus.
Director Joss Whedon returns with the next installment, Avengers:
Age Of Ultron. It treads on familiar grounds and opinion will be divided while
comparing it with the first film; I didn’t find it any better or worse than the
previous one.
Moving at a leisurely pace and clocking almost two and a half
hours, Age of Ultron is redeemed by a worthy climax, otherwise, most of the
film is so very generic. Besides, it is also disheartening to see special
effects and green screens take over a film.
The villain this time around is Ultron (Voiced by James
Spader) an artificial intelligence program that goes ‘rogue’; incidentally it
was a peace keeping program created by Tony Stark aka Ironman (Robert Downey
Jr.) Ultron is convinced that peace can
be achieved by purging the Avengers. Barring Tony and Dr.Banner (Mark Ruffalo) the
other Avengers are not in the loop as to what exactly is going on.
Since S.H.I.E.L.D has dispersed, Captain America (Chris
Evans) takes charge and leads the Avengers along with the usual suspects.
Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) gets more mileage than before and the twins,
Quicksilver (Aaron Taylor Johnson) and Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen) who can
literally play mind-games are two other significant characters. There is also a
suggested romance between Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) and Dr. Banner.
Given the amount of characters that Whedon has to deal with,
they all have to share the screen time and none of the sub plots are
particularly interesting. The villain is not particularly menacing and neither
is convincing in why he is doing what
he is doing.
There is also one long fight scene between Iron Man and Hulk
which starts off well but goes on till the cows come home. Despite of there
being so much action and destruction there is hardly any memorable action
scene. And is it mandatory to have a clichéd scene where the superhero has to
risk his life to go a save a child in distress?
There are some smart one liners but it is the climax that gives
you your money’s worth and fair to say that the film ends on a high. All in
all, if you don’t expect something sensational, you won’t be too disappointed.
Published in The Navhind Times, Goa on 26th April 2015
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