Spectacular, awesome and epic are just three words to describe the new Marvel Studios blockbuster, THE AVENGERS. The movie brings together the best of the best Marvel superheroes, including Thor and Iron Man, and puts them front and center in a fight against a world security threat.
The evil Loki (Tom Hiddleston)has come back to Earth and has stolen the ultra-powerful Tesseract, a potential source of unlimited sustainable energy. This could mean the end of the world! Enter S.H.I.E.L.D., the world’s top security firm, which must now figure out a way to stop Loki from taking over the world. There’s only one answer, and that is to assemble The Avengers, a remarkable group of superheroes, to assist. Loki’s sibling rival Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Captain America (Chris Evans) and The Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) with help from Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) and Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) make up the titled team.
Before The Avengers can unleash their energy to fight off the bad guys, it seems they have to fight each other. A good portion of the first half of the movie deals with each of the individual characters and their arguments with each other. Verbal fights break out in the S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters and this leads to one hilarious scene where The Hulk delivers a real “punch line” to Thor’s face. Once The Avengers are reminded of their real goal, they realize they must put aside their differences and come together to fight off Loki and hopefully win.
However, it’s really not fair to discredit the role of Loki. As the “evil bad guy”, he does an incredible job of making himself the one everyone loves to hate. His background story is told in just enough detail to allow us to understand his reasons and to maybe even feel a tiny bit of sympathy for him.
This movie is action-packed from the word “go,” but there is plenty of humour to go along with it. Iron Man’s witty rebuttal to one of Loki’s arguments makes for one of the funniest scenes in the movie. Loki says, “I have an army,” but Iron Man reminds him, “we have a Hulk.” Each character has their time to shine and adds their own humour to the story.
As the movie progresses, the 3D progresses and every second of it is amazing! The visuals will have you captivated. You’ll feel like The Hulk is really towering above you and the explosions are coming from within the theatre, from the rows in front of you. As well, the special effects are mind-blowing and the 3D makes it all the more intensified.
If you’re one of those people who tend to leave a movie during the credits, you might want to stay a bit longer this time. THE AVENGERS has a post-credits scene that you won’t want to miss!
THE AVENGERS has something for everyone. Whether you’re looking for laughs, action or suspense, this movie has it all. I can picture the sequel now!
Rating: 5/5