Avengers: Age of Ultron Movie Review

The next installment of the blockbuster Avengers series is hitting theaters this weekend.  Find out if it’s appropriate to take your kids and what this Marvel fan family thought of Avengers: Age of Ultron.

Our family is a fan of the Avengers movie series, we’ve seen them all several times and always look forward to next movie.  While we aren’t die hard fans or read the comic books, we do really enjoy the story and the movies.  I was invited attend the media screening and took my 5yo son (who is the biggest fan in our family). We saw the movie in IMAX 3D and while I’m not a fan of 3D movies, I did really enjoy seeing the movie on the huge IMAX screen and the 3D was really amazing.  My little guy was not a fan of the 3D, but I think that was more of an age thing. We loved this Avengers: Age of Ultron!  It was full of action and we finally get to officially meet the twins that have been mentioned and teased in previous movies. The action scenes were intense and the special effects were great.  I loved that there was some more background information about Hawkeye and Black Widow…since they don’t have their own movies there isn’t much back story from them until this movie. However, this movie did have a few sexual references and the language was a little more than in previous movies.  This seemed a more than in the other movies, but there was nothing more than kissing and references to things. My 5yo didn’t pick up on these things, but I know my 10yo daughter will when she sees it. Overall, we loved the movie and can’t wait to see it again this weekend!

When Tony Stark jumpstarts a dormant peacekeeping program, things go awry and Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, including Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, The Incredible Hulk, Black Widow and Hawkeye, are put to the ultimate test as they battle to save the planet from destruction at the hands of the villainous Ultron. 

OFFICIAL SYNOPSIS: Marvel Studios presents “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” the epic follow-up to the biggest Super Hero movie of all time. When Tony Stark tries to jumpstart a dormant peacekeeping program, things go awry and Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, including Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, The Incredible Hulk, Black Widow and Hawkeye, are put to the ultimate test as the fate of the planet hangs in the balance. As the villainous Ultron emerges, it is up to The Avengers to stop him from enacting his terrible plans, and soon uneasy alliances and unexpected action pave the way for an epic and unique global adventure. Marvel’s “Avengers: Age of Ultron” stars Robert Downey Jr., who returns as Iron Man, along with Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Mark Ruffalo as Hulk and Chris Evans as Captain America. Together with Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow and Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye, and with the additional support of Don Cheadle as James Rhodes/War Machine, Cobie Smulders as Agent Maria Hill, Stellan Skarsgård as Erik Selvig and Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury, the team must reassemble to defeat James Spader as Ultron, a terrifying technological villain hell-bent on human extinction. Along the way, they confront two mysterious and powerful newcomers, Pietro Maximoff, played by Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Wanda Maximoff, played by Elizabeth Olsen and meet an old friend in a new form when Paul Bettany becomes Vision. Written and directed by Joss Whedon and produced by Kevin Feige, p.g.a., Marvel’s “Avengers: Age of Ultron” is based on the ever-popular Marvel comic book series “The Avengers,” first published in 1963. Get set for an action-packed thrill ride when The Avengers return in Marvel’s “Avengers: Age of Ultron” on May 1, 2015.