This movie, sadly, falls victim of its own hype. i was soooooo wanting this movie to be a great sequel to the original Avengers, and it falls flat on its face.

Andy Serkis, plays a character, who says about 3 lines, and is in the movie for the best part of 90 seconds, his part should have been enlarged, or written out. The story felt cobbled together, as did the story telling, and for its part made no sense, ie. the finale is seriously flat, and how Ultron came about is explained in about 5 lines in a short scene, that again, could have built up more tension. There is a plethora of gags, ala "buddy cop" style, and i had to check i wasn't watching Lethal Weapon with Riggs and Murtagh instead! Luckily, the movie has some great eye candy, but its all sum, and no substance, the movie lasts for 2.5 hours, but in all that time the story was hurried along, with no depth. There isn't much character development with the new guys, and as to why Red Witch and Qicksilver are even there, makes no sense, and is explained poorly.

This movie is no better than say, Iron Man II, and that is feint praise indeed, the flick flatters to deceive the viewer from the off, and its true that the action is non stop, and hits the ground running, but the price paid for the constant tempo, is a lack of quality, that is sadly obvious, that the first movie had it in bucket loads.

If you're a youngster you will love this movie, if you a more mature, discerning fan of the genre, then you will be left wanting. Joss Wheddon was quoted as saying this was the hardest thing in his life to get over the line, believe me it shows.

Wait for the bluray, this is a big flop, from start to finish.

gutted.