The Avengers: Age of Ultron, released in 2015, is an American superhero film based on the Marvel Comic Age of Ultron. When Tony Stark creates an artificial intelligence program named Ultron with the assistance of Bruce Banner, the Hulk, the sentinel Ultron makes plans to wipe out the human race. The Avengers set out to stop him. The Avengers team would go up against one of its most fathomable foes.
Making and Production
The film was produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It is the sequel to the 2012 movie, Avengers. In 2012, after the successful release of The Avengers, Joss Whenden, director, returned to the set and started the creation of Ultron He used the Marvel Cinematic Universe Avengers characters such as Scarlet Witch.
Filming started in 2014 mainly in South Africa but then extended to Italy, South Korea, Bangladesh, England, and the US state of New York. The film is the second most expensive movie ever made of all time, with an overall budget of US$365 million.
Avengers: Age of Ultron rolled out in the USA on May 15, 2015, and was well received by fans and critics pouring accolades on the historic movie. Viewers liked the movie with an astonishing 91% positive votes. Nonetheless, some anti-marvel critics tried to derail the early ratings by flooding the web with negative votes. However, the big screen lovers were swift in fighting back, and the movie ratings soared to their normality. Here is an example quote from the fans as seen on Movie Stack
‘Why do people say this film is bad? After watching it a second time, this has to be quite honestly one of the better films the MCU has seen. While this isn’t necessarily my all-time favorite film, it did have some very memorable moments.
Avengers: Age of Ultron: Box Office Records
Marvel Studios was also very satisfied with the movie’s worldwide box office performance, grossing US$1.4 billion and establishing itself as the sixth highest-grossing film of all time. Marvel and Disney quickly added two more sequels to the Avengers making it four total films, these two were released: Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Endgame (2019).
The movie was nominated for 33 awards including Best Animated Film. Although the movie only took three slots at the 43rd ANNIE Awards, the slots of nominations reflect the excellent work the directing and production teams did.
Avengers: Age of Ultron opened the eyes of Marvel studios as to the great potential of the MCU Avengers series, giving a better value of what it is worth.
Here are a few more critical reviews.
‘First, it introduced two new Avengers: Scarlet Witch and Vision. It certainly wouldn’t be Marvel without those two. It has a great balance of action and a few funny moments that keep us entertained.”
‘If I’m being honest, Ultron is a great villain. This is the only movie where we see him, and the fact that he is technically a program rather than a physical enemy just makes the whole thing more original, escalating into a worldwide threat. ‘
As the movie steadied, IMB stood at 7.3/10, Rotten Tomatoes at 76%, and MetaCritic at 66%
