Banner to help him harness the power buried in Loki's sceptre to build the Iron Legion, an AI 'iron armour' for Earth. They briefly encounter two 'enhanced' newbies, Quicksilver (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) and Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen) who prove to be quite a handful later on.Īn uncharacteristically jittery Iron Man convinces Dr. Writer and director Joss Whedon opens the film with a bang (literally) and drops the audience in the centre of an amazing action sequence as Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Captain America (Chris Evans), The Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Black Widow (Scarlett Johannson) and Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) make paste out of a Hydra laboratory in Sokovia, an imaginary country, and retrieve Loki's sceptre. Its biggest disappointment is that the franchise was ripe for a paradigm shift and the makers have failed to grasp the opportunity. Did we mention Scarlett Johansson in spandex? Yes, it is every comic book geek's dream come true. Avengers: Age of Ultron is a comic book aficionado's dream come true it's got a huge ensemble of kick-ass superheroes, a megalomaniacal villain, thousands of evil minions, adrenaline-on-speed action and cutting-edge digital wizardry.
