*Something else collapses, explodes or smashes into a billion pieces*

Rating: 7/10 (19 May 2013)

When you stick Iron Man, The Hulk, Thor and Captain America in a film you know its not going to be a walk in the park with tea and scones on a bench. And indeed, there is so much destruction here that when the dust settles, I was amazed to see anything standing at all. True, they may save the Earth, but I bet the property damages in doing so run into the billions. Any insurance guy watching this would have five simultaneous cardiac arrests, so if you fall into that category best to stay home and plan some more obnoxious ads for daytime. But that's another story...
There are laughs a-plenty too, with Tony Stark's (AKA Iron Man) flippant comments, Steve Rogers's (AKA Captain America) fish-out-of-water situation, The Hulk's (AKA Bruce Banner) efforts not to GET MAD and Thor's (AKA er... Thor) utterly straight-laced persona. The clash of personalities and their different methods of dealing with the opposition just add to the fun, and Samuel L Jackson has his best role in ages as the eyepatched hard-as-nails leader who puts them together. There is also another member played by Scarlet Johansson called the Black Widow, but I apologise for saying that her part felt like tokenism to pacify all you feminists out there. Sorry, girls. Now make a peanut butter sandwich and finish the washing up. *Slaps her bottom*.
There's never a dull moment, and ALL the money is there on the screen. Or in the Cayman Islands accounts of the stars. Bit of advice though: turn the sound down, unless you want your neighbours to complain. Be a good citizen. And get used to LOADS more superhero movies coming out in the near future. As long as the standard remains this high though, who am I to complain?! 7/10