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The Avengers: Age of Ultron
The Avengers: Age of Ultron
SYNOPSIS
Avengers: Age of Ultron is a 2015 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team theAvengers, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It is the sequel to 2012's Marvel's The Avengers
In Sokovia, the Avengers – Tony Stark / Iron Man, Steve Rogers / Captain America, Thor, Bruce Banner / Hulk,Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow, and Clint Barton / Hawkeye – raid a Hydra outpost led by Baron Wolfgang von Strucker, who had been experimenting on humans using the scepter previously wielded by Loki. They encounter two of Strucker's experiments – twins Pietro, who has superhuman speed, and Wanda Maximoff, who can manipulate minds and throw energy blasts – and apprehend Strucker, while Stark secretly retrieves Loki's scepter and Strucker's research on artificial intelligence.
During a victory celebration at Avengers Tower, Stark and Banner utilize an A.I. found within Loki's scepter and activate Stark's secret program, Ultron, envisioned as part of Stark's robotic "Iron Legion" to safeguard the planet. Ultron, believing he must eradicate humanity to save Earth, eliminates Stark's A.I. J.A.R.V.I.S. and attacks the Avengers. Following the battle, the team confronts Stark for his secrecy, while Ulton, having stolen the scepter, goes to Sokovia to build a new body in Strucker's lab. He recruits the Maximoff twins, who harbor a grudge against Stark for weapons responsible for their parents' deaths. Deducing that Ultron wants to utilizevibranium, the team travels to the Wakandan shipyard base of arms dealer Ulysses Klaue. After retrieving the vibranium, Ultron and the Maximoff twins battle the Avengers. After destroying Ultron's body, Stark uses his large "Victoria" armor to confront a rampaging Hulk, who has been hypnotized by Wanda's visions. Although Stark defeats the Hulk, world backlash sends the team into hiding.
Taking refuge in Barton's safehouse farm, they meet Barton's wife, Laura, and children. Romanoff and Banner realize their attraction and plan to flee together after fighting Ultron. Having hallucinated about a future apocalyptic event, Thor consults with Dr. Erik Selvig. At the Barton home, Nick Fury encourages the team to form a plan to stop Ultron. Banner deduces Ultron will create his perfect form through a synthetic body developed by Banner's friend Dr. Helen Cho, in Seoul, South Korea. Ultron hypnotizes Cho, retrieves the body, has her implant the scepter's gem, and begins uploading himself into the body. Rogers, Romanoff and Barton hunt Ultron in Seoul. When Wanda enters Ultron's mind and discovers his extinction-level plan, the Maximoffs turn on Ultron. Ultron captures Romanoff, and Barton retrieves the synthetic body for Stark, causing the twins trepidation.
The Avengers bicker at Avengers tower once they realize Stark is uploading J.A.R.V.I.S., who had hid itself from Ultron, into the synthetic body. Using lightning, Thor activates the body, which he refers to as part of his "vision". He informs the group the gem is one of six Infinity Stones, the most powerful objects in existence. Allying themselves with the Avengers, the Vision and the Maximoff twins travel to Sokovia. There Ultron has built a machine to lift a large part of the city skyward and crash it into the ground to cause global extinction. As the city begins to lift, Banner rescues Romanoff, who awakens the Hulk for the battle. The Avengers fight Ultron's army while delaying Ultron activating the final procedure of his plan. Fury arrives in a Helicarrier with Maria Hill, James Rhodes and S.H.I.E.L.D. agents to assist in evacuating civilians. When Ultron fires at civilians, Pietro shields Barton from the bullets and dies. The Hulk, seeking peace, departs in an auto-piloted Quinjet. Ultron activates the machine, causing the landmass to plummet, but Stark and Thor overload the machine and shatter the city into pieces. The Vision confronts Ultron's last remaining body and destroys it.
Later, the Avengers have established a new base in upstate New York, run by Fury, Hill, Cho, and Selvig. Fury assures Romanoff that Banner likely escaped the crashed Quinjet. Believing the Mind Gem is safe with the Vision, Thor returns to Asgard to learn more about his visions, while Stark and Barton retire from the team. Rogers and Romanoff assemble a new Avengers team, consisting of Rhodes, Wanda Maximoff, the Vision, and Sam Wilson.
In a mid-credits scene, Thanos retrieves the Infinity Gauntlet and begins his hunt for the Infinity Stones.
Cast (in credits order)
 | Robert Downey Jr. | ||
 | Chris Hemsworth | ||
 | Mark Ruffalo | ||
 | Chris Evans | ||
 | Scarlett Johansson | ||
 | Jeremy Renner | ||
 | James Spader |
Ultron (voice)
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 | Samuel L. Jackson | ||
 | Don Cheadle | ||
 | Aaron Taylor-Johnson | ||
 | Elizabeth Olsen | ||
 | Paul Bettany | ||
 | Cobie Smulders | ||
 | Anthony Mackie |
Sam Wilson / The Falcon
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 | Hayley Atwell | ||
 | Idris Elba | ||
 | Stellan Skarsgård | ||
 | Claudia Kim |
Dr. Helen Cho
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 | Thomas Kretschmann | ||
 | Andy Serkis | ||
 | Julie Delpy |
Madame B
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 | Stan Lee |
Himself
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 | Henry Goodman |
Dr, List
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 | Chris Luca |
Fortress Soldier
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 | Brian Schaeffer |
Strucker Mercenary
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 | Dominique Provost-Chalkley | ||
 | Isaac Andrews |
Costel
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| Gareth Kieran Jones |
Sokovian Acid Student
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| Chan Woo Lim |
Dr. Cho's Assistant #1
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 | Minhee Yeo |
Dr. Cho's Assistant #2
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 | Bentley Kalu |
Klaue's Mercenary
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| Julian Bleach |
Ballet Instructor
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 | Chris Beasley |
Johannesburg Cop #1
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| Vuyo Dabula |
Johannesburg Cop #2
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 | Nondumiso Tembe |
Johannesburg Driver
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| Kabelo Thai |
Johannesburg Onlooker #1
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| Lele Ledwaba |
Johannesburg Onlooker #2
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| Mandla Gaduka |
Johannesburg Onlooker #3
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| Harriet Manamela |
Johannesburg Onlooker #4
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 | Antony Acheampong |
Johannesburg Elevator Passenger #1
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| Chioma Anyanwu |
Johannesburg Elevator Passenger #2
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 | Ingvild Deila |
World Hub Tech
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 | Sunny Yeo |
Korean Train Passenger #1
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| Namju Go |
Korean Train Passenger #2
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| Mina Kwon |
Korean Train Passenger #3
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 | Earl Kim |
Korean Train Passenger #4
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| Verity Hewlitt |
Sokovian Family Member #1
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| Michael Matovski |
Sokovian Family Member #2
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| Alma Noce |
Sokovian Family Member #3
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| Constanza Ruff |
Sokovian Woman
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 | Monty Mclaren-Clark |
Tub Family Child
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 | Julia Krynke |
Sokovian Driver
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 | Barry Aird |
Sokovian Police Captain
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| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
 | Joseph M. Abbott |
Party Guest (uncredited)
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| Pavlina Andreevska |
Sokovian (uncredited)
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| Freddie Andrews |
Party Guest (uncredited)
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 | David Olawale Ayinde |
Somalian Ship Worker (uncredited)
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| Francesca Bennett |
Sokovian driver (uncredited)
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| Laura Bernardeschi |
Sokovian citizen (uncredited)
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 | Dilyana Bouklieva |
Sokovian Citizen (uncredited)
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 | Dante Briggins |
Party Guest (uncredited)
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 | Micah Ainsley Brown |
Extra (uncredited)
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 | Rowdy Brown |
Cop (uncredited)
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 | Linda Cardellini |
Laura (uncredited)
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 | Michael Chapman |
Lab Tech Scientist (uncredited)
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 | Tino Chinyoka |
Somalian Ship Commander (uncredited)
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 | Lukas DiSparrow |
Sok (uncredited)
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| Thom Dobbin |
Party Guest (uncredited)
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| R.P. Edwards |
College Student (uncredited)
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 | Ibrahim Fagge |
Somalian Ship Commander (uncredited)
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 | Aurora Fearnley |
Marine (uncredited)
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 | Hannah Flynn |
Dancer (uncredited)
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| Robert J. Fraser |
Youth (uncredited)
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| Alexander Gillison |
Masked Asgardian (uncredited)
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| Sophie Gooding |
Club Dancer (uncredited)
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| Guna Gultniece |
Student (uncredited)
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 | Mark Haldor |
Asgardian (uncredited)
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| Salem Hanna |
Party guest (uncredited)
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 | Jason Her |
TV News Anchor (uncredited)
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| Leigh Holland |
Masked Asgardian (uncredited)
| |
| Kornelia Horvath |
Sokovian (uncredited)
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 | Mariola Jaworska |
Sokovian (uncredited)
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| Attila G. Kerekes |
Sokovian Citizen (uncredited)
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| Denis Khoroshko |
Sokovian driver Pavlov (uncredited)
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| Hrvoje Klecz |
Party Guest (uncredited)
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| Irina Klimovich |
Sokovian Students (uncredited)
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| Jamie Lengyel |
Evil Hydra Scientist (uncredited)
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 | Chelsea Li |
Student (uncredited)
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| Edina Loskay |
Sokovian (uncredited)
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| Eric Morcos |
The Agent (uncredited)
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 | Joti Nagra |
Student (uncredited)
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 | Nick W. Nicholson |
Dr. Taryl Jenkins (uncredited)
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 | Judit Novotnik |
Sokovian (uncredited)
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 | Emeson Nwolie |
Businessman (uncredited)
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| Sigmund Oakeshott |
USO Military Policeman (uncredited)
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 | Jimmy Pethrus |
Snow Soldier (uncredited)
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 | Zakk Pierce |
Sokovian Boy (uncredited)
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 | Guy Potter |
British Officer (uncredited)
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 | Tim Powell |
DEA Director (uncredited)
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| Diezel Ramos |
Masked Asgardian (uncredited)
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 | Anthony J Sacco |
Party Guest (uncredited)
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 | Faye Sewell |
Oslo Hub Scientist (uncredited)
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| Megyn Shott |
Car Driver (uncredited)
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| Charlotte Snowball |
Sokovian (uncredited)
| |
 | Bari Suzuki |
Shield Agent (uncredited)
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| Georgie-May Tearle |
Student (uncredited)
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| Chris Townsend |
Party Guest (uncredited)
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 | Bartosz Wandrykow |
Sokovian Policeman (uncredited)
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 | Daniel Westwood |
Asgardian God (uncredited)
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| Ben Wombwell |
Party Guest (uncredited)
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 | Leila Wong |
Korean Scientist (uncredited)
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| Tatiana Zarubova |
Sokovian (uncredited)
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FILM Produced by
Directed by Joss Whedon
Produced by Kevin Feige
Written by Joss Whedon
Based on The Avengers
by Stan Lee
Jack Kirby
Music by • Brian Tyler
• Danny Elfman
Cinematography Ben Davis
Edited by • Jeffrey Ford
• Lisa Lassek
Production
company Marvel Studios
Distributed by Walt Disney Studios
Motion Pictures
Release dates • April 13, 2015(Dolby Theatre)
• May 1, 2015(North America)
Running time 141 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $250 million
Merchandise
In March 2015, Disney said it planned to broaden its merchandising strategy with Avengers: Age of Ultron by expanding the target demographics to women and to fans of the individual superheroes that make up the Avengers. Paul Gitter, senior vice president of Marvel licensing for Disney Consumer Products, said, "For the first film, we primarily focused on the Avengers property and the group shots... Now we're broadening the line and scope to create skews that focus on the team and the individuals characters, as well." Disney Consumer Products partnered with Hasbro, Lego, Hot Wheels and Funko for action figures, playsets and other toys, and with Under Armour for apparel. Disney established new partnerships in the food and packaged-goods categories, including with Sage Fruit, ConAgra, Crunchpak and Chobani.
Critical response
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 86% approval rating with an average rating of 7.4/10 based on 45 reviews. The website's consensus reads, "Exuberant and eye-popping, Avengers: Age of Ultron serves as a suitably satisfying sequel, reuniting its predecessor's unwieldy cast with a few new additions and a worthy foe." On Metacritic, the film achieved an average score of 72 out of 100 based on 13 reviews, signifying "generally favorable reviews".
Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter said, "Avengers: Age of Ultron succeeds in the top priority of creating a worthy opponent for its superheroes and giving the latter a few new things to do, but this time the action scenes don't always measure up."[189] Scott Foundas of Variety wrote, "If this is what theapotheosis of branded, big-studio entertainment has come to look like in 2015, we could be doing much worse. Unlike its title character, Age of Ultron most definitely has soul."Writing for The Guardian and giving the film four stars out of five, Peter Bradshaw said , "exuberant, funny, silly and crazily exhilarating, [...] this new Avengers movie from writer-director Joss Whedon [...] is pure aspartame rush". Peter Travers of Rolling Stone wrote, "Age of Ultron is a whole summer of fireworks packed into one movie. It doesn't just go to 11, it starts there. [Joss Whedon] takes a few wrong turns, creating a jumble when the action gets too thick. But he recovers like a pro, devising a spectacle that's epic in every sense of the word."
Conversely, Scott Mendelson of Forbes said, "Avengers: Age of Ultron plays like an obligation, a box to be checked off on a list before all parties move onto the things they really want to do.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Avengers: Age of Ultron.
• Official website
• Avengers: Age of Ultron at the Internet Movie Database
• Avengers: Age of Ultron at Box Office Mojo
• Avengers: Age of Ultron at Rotten Tomatoes
• Avengers: Age of Ultron at Metacritic
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