Actors: Robert Downey Jr., Chris
Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Don
Cheadle, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Bettany, James Spader, Samuel L. Jackson
Rating: 9 out of 10, Josh Whedon was
back at the helm for this sequel to one of my favorite movies of all time. He
continues to do a fantastic job of melding all of the prodigious acting star
power and plot lines he’s responsible for. It did lack the memorable gathering
sequences of the first movie but the action was predictably non-stop and
breathtaking at times. The Avengers must defeat an artificially intelligent
uber-robot, voiced by the always droll James Spader, and his army of robots. At
the same time a mind witch has all of them contemplating their navels for
various reasons. While this did little to move the plot forward it did allow
interesting insights into some of the origin stores. Whedon walks a delicate
line of trying to do too much but accomplishes it through the talent of the
actors and the sweet sometimes, amusing side comments and plot lines. It was
everything I hoped for and that’s saying a lot.
MVP: Johansson as Natalia is sexy,
dangerous, and complicated, in no particular order
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