Whedon assembles a solid, if flawed, sequel

Rating: 7/10 (3 May 2015)

There are a lot of great things in here; scenes, character moments, lines of dialog. It's just that as a whole it doesn't flow as smoothly or with as much energy as the first one (granted that's a pretty high bar). It doesn't help that Ultron is a weak villain. His potential menace is all too often undercut by the fact that sometimes James Spader seems not to be playing Ultron, but a mechanical James Spader. My other gripe would be that the fights/action feel a bit redundant and look more cartoonish than the original. On its own merits this is nothing short of a very entertaining Summer popcorn flick. The problem is that the first one was that and so much more.