It's a video game

Rating: 5/10 (23 April 2015)

My teenager daughters were insistent, we had to go and see the new Avengers film. I like spending time with the girls so off we went with our popcorn and drinks to enjoy a couple of hours away from reality.
Boy, were we a long way from reality. Here's an outline for you:
Opening sequence: Avengers fighting hordes of human soldiers. Break for act 1. Middle Sequence: Avengers fighting each other. Break for act 2. Act 3 and Final Sequence: Avengers fighting hordes of robots.
In summary, it's a video game.
If you enjoy shooting, smashing, bashing and destroying a seemingly never ending supply of bad guys (ie: every video game in history) you'll enjoy the film. I like video games but after a while they can get repetitive and boring..... can you see where I'm going with this?
There are some funny lines and an opportunity for each of the actors to emote for brief periods. Some better (Ruffalo, Johansson, Downey Jr) some not (Renner and Olsen) and some just shouldn't bother because it's embarrassing for him and us (Chris Hemsworth I'm looking at you mate).
The greatest enjoyment I took from the film was the bad guy voiced by James Spader. In fact he was so good as Ultron I found myself cheering for the robot to defeat the mostly wooden Avengers and rule our planet. Alas it was not to be be as the forces of good were too much for his army of warrior robots......set on video game easy level.
Having said all that, the kids (or as the producers would call them: "The Target Audience") loved the film and my wife enjoyed herself as well. As for me, I could have stayed home and played Xbox.