Not as much Fun as the First One.

Rating: 7/10 (1 May 2015)

Spectacular action scenes and sophisticated, interesting super heroes cannot quite make up for the fact that the story entangles itself in too many plot lines so that "Age of Ultron" is a less exciting adventure than its prequel has been.
The balancing act between seriousness and humor doesn't seem to work as smoothly as before and the big love story quickly develops some soap-opera like feeling to it which makes it an additional side line that rather distracts from the main plot than giving more depth to it.
More of a disappointment is unfortunately the main villain too. "Ultron" is supposed to be one of the most dangerous and merciless enemies in the Marvel universe and instead he is too charming too be really frightening, he is still cool but his potential has been wasted.
A positive surprise is "Hawkeye" whose story gets more attention and meaning this time and I really like it that the big final battle takes place in a South-European country for a change.
"Age of Ultron" has all the necessary ingredients for a fantastic blockbuster, however, the fine-tuning is flawed and considering the high expectations it leaves an aftertaste of mediocrity.