Age of Dulltron

Rating: 1/10 (1 May 2015)

In the first AVENGERS, the villain was Thor's personal albatross, and now Tony Stark's invention is out to save the world by destroying it, or something like that And while it took over half the original movie for the eclectic group to warm up to each other, now we begin with so much bantering camaraderie it's like hanging out with the popular kids after prom
And there are about five jokes per minute, as if Robert Downey Jr's quick-witted sarcasm was infected onto everyone else – even Ultron, Tony's dominating Artificial Intelligence Robot, who's full of wry wisdom: His nefarious motivation to do very bad things but unlike Loki, with an entire THOR film to catapult his dastardly menace, the titular heavy's purpose is completely forced and thoroughly confusing. Making the few good action sequences like Hulk and Iron Man squaring off impressive eye candy that lacks any rhyme or reason.
With such an immense fan base, it's pretty dangerous to not like THE AVENGERS. They are perfectly cast, and proved themselves a beyond-worthy franchise. The problem with AGE OF ULTRON is that the plot's as dull as the lame newcomers including a mind-reading witch girl giving everyone trippy hallucinations; a blond-haired Russian boy who runs really fast; and a red-faced crusader as strong as Thor, deleting the big guy's main asset. And with so much excruciating downtime this time around, you would think the gang was saving up their energy but for what, exactly? With all the jesting, where's the danger? The urgency?