It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's an Iron Man, It's a Hulk....

Rating: 7/10 (17 March 2013)

Every fan geek's ultimate wet dream has been realized in this action movie that brings together all of the Marvel superheros that have appeared separately in their own films. It's not a big shocker that the film is loud, bombastic and only marginally coherent. It also happens to be exciting, funny and self aware enough to know just how seriously to treat the material. The result may not be one of the best action films ever made, but it's probably one of the better ones to be released in recent years.
The boys in this movie -- Robert Downey, Jr., Chris Evans, Liam Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo and Jeremy Renner -- are clearly meant to own the show, but it's Scarlett Johannsson who steals it.
Grade: B+