Promising Sequel Ruined By A Weak Plot And Overuse Of C.G.I.

Rating: 5/10 (24 August 2015)

The first scene after the post credits have rolled in Avengers 2012, presents Loki explaining the failure of their attack on Earth to a mysterious alien, who turns and smiles at the idea of dealing with The Avengers would be "courting death itself." That alien is of course the previously rumored Thanos and the reason for the smile is that "Death" is actually personified in the Marvel Universe as someone Thanos so desperately wishes to please.
Brief plot: In the Eastern European country of Sokovia, the Avengers – Tony Stark, Steve Rogers, Thor, Bruce Banner (Hulk), Natasha Romanoff, and Clint Barton – raid a Hydra outpost led by Baron Wolfgang von Strucker, who has been experimenting on humans using the scepter previously wielded by Loki. They encounter two of Strucker's experiments – twins Pietro, who has superhuman speed, and Wanda Maximoff, who can manipulate minds and project energy – and apprehend Strucker, while Stark retrieves Loki's scepter.
Stark and Banner discover an artificial intelligence within the scepter's gem, and secretly use it to complete Stark's "Ultron" global defense program. The unexpectedly sentient Ultron, believing he must eradicate humanity to save Earth, eliminates Stark's A.I., J.A.R.V.I.S., and attacks the Avengers at their headquarters.
Watch the film to find out what happens next and don't miss the post credits scene that reveals more of Thanos's agenda.
Verdict: some of the characters do not do justice to their parts at all. They just act for the sake of acting, and getting a hefty paycheck at the end of filming. Samuel L. Jackson has a small role in the film as Nick Fury, and we see Stan Lee making a cameo appearance again as he did in Ant-man(2015). I was very disappointed with the acting of Chris Hemsworth in the role of the Norse God Thor. He is totally unsuitable to play the part. The best Thor I have seen, was Eric Allan Kramer who played the part in The Incredible Hulk Returns(1988).
Regulars Robert Downey Jr.(Iron Man), Chris Evans(Captain America), Scarlett Johansson(Black Widow), Mark Ruffalo(Hulk), Jeremy Renner(Hawkeye) perform their respective duties in their respective roles - but fail to shine. Newcomers Elizabeth Olsen(Scarlet Witch) and Aaron Taylor-Johnson(Quicksilver) make their debut appearance.
Don Cheadle, an Iron Man franchise regular, makes an appearance as War Machine. Anthony Mackie who is a versatile character that has appeared in Captain America: The Winter Soldier and the new Ant-man film.
Veteran actor James Spader(Jack's Back 1988, Stargate 1994, Dream Lover 1994, Critical Care 1997, The Watcher 2000(his best film simply unmissable)) plays the titular character Ultron. He does full justice to his characterization of Ultron, as a single-minded progenitor of mankind's annihilation.
Thank you for reading my review. Live long, prosper.