As an Avengers-level movie, this is disappointing, especially from a director who created 2012's the Avengers. Just throw many superheros, villains, explosions, and destructio

Rating: 8/10 (28 June 2020)

It is quite complicated and hard to follow. For a comic-book superhero movie, the overall story is good, but some parts especially in the first half of the movie do not click so well. Tony's motivation, decision, and reasoning to create Ultron are terribly disappointing, he exactly sounds like a super-villain, just like Ultron in the movie. It is too bad that Tony's character is treated that way, because he is supposed to be wiser. Ultron as a villain is interesting in his own way, but it feels like the character, his motivation, powers, and existence are vague. How he could be created, what he wants to achieve, what he is capable of, how he could be defeated, and how he could think, talk, and act the way he does are confusing. The villains are too many. Using Baron Wolfgang von Strucker, Dr. List, the rest of Hydra, Ulysses Klaue, Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch as the only villains, in which the last two would then turn heroes, would be much preferred and more relatable. This movie does pick up where Captain America: the Winter Soldier left off, but the time-skip makes it not connected very well.
The casting and performances are well-done: Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man (although Tony's character is very cringe in the first half), Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner/Hulk, Chris Evans as Steve Rogers/Captain America, Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow, Jeremy Renner as Clint Barton/Hawkeye, Don Cheadle as James "Rhodey" Rhodes/War Machine, Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch, Paul Bettany as J.A.R.V.I.S. and Vision, Cobie Smulders as Maria Hill, Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson/Falcon, Stellan Skarsgård as Erik Selvig, James Spader as Ultron, Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury, Claudia Kim as Helen Cho, and Andy Serkis as Ulysses Klaue. Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Pietro Maximoff/Quicksilver is okay, but his character is cringe, his power is not impressively depicted, and he dies so disappointingly for stupid reason. Why did they kill this character?
The production set, costumes, props, practical effects and make-up are beautiful; the cinematography is well-done, the shots in which the superheroes are in one frame are so cool; the score is beautiful; the action sequences are well-done, especially the opening sequence.