‘Avengers 2′ Early Reviews: Marvel’s Sequel Falls Just Short of Greatness

The most highly-anticipated comic book movie of summer 2015 is nearly upon us, and with the European release of Avengers: Age of Ultron beginning this week, the first full reviews for Joss Whedon’s second team-up adventure have begun pouring in.

Avengers: Age of Ultron pits Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, the Hulk, Black Widow, Hawkeye and Vision against Tony Stark’s AI creation Ultron, who decides after gaining sentience that the best way to achieve the Avengers’ vision of world peace is simply to blast all of humanity out of existence. Let it not be said that robots can’t come up with creative interpretations of human concepts.

The film got a lot of enthusiastic early reactions on Twitter, but experience has taught us that initial reactions tend to hyperbolize (especially when limited to 140 characters), and that it’s better to wait for reviewers to articulate their thoughts in full. Now the first reviews for Avengers: Age of Ultron are in and the critical consensus is that it’s… good – perhaps even great, but definitely not perfect.

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