AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON (2015)

There is a lot going on in Avengers: Age of Ultron.  A LOT.  Director/writer Joss Whedon seems to throw everything but the kitchen sink into this one, starting with Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.)'s ambition to use Loki's recovered scepter (retrieved via an opening action sequence so saturated in CGI, it'll make you dizzy) to revive a peacekeeping program so the Avengers are no longer needed.  Things go belly up, of course, creating the evil Ultron and putting the world - and it's greatest superheroes - in more ka-ka than ever before.  Though not as good as the first (certainly not as brilliant as Captain America: The Winter Soldier), Whedon pushes all the right buttons here in regards the superhero flick - tons of action, bad guys who might be good guys, and CGI up the wazoo - and it's fun while it last, but in the end you're left with the sense of "seen it all before."  A must-see for any superhero film junkie, definitely; maybe not so much for those of us who seek something more beyond the visuals. (rated PG-13)  B

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