The Avengers (2012)

	Also Known As: Avengers Assemble
	Year of first release: 2012
	Director: Joss Whedon (Serenity)
	Actors: Robert Downey Jr. (Tropic Thunder), Chris Evans (Fantastic Four 1-2), Scarlett Johansson (The Man who wasn't there), Samuel L. Jackson (Snakes on a Plane), Chris Hemsworth (Star Trek), Jeremy Renner (The Bourne Legacy)
	Country: USA
	Genre: Action, SF
	Conditions of visioning: 24.03.2013, Blu-ray, Home cinema
Synopsis: When Earth is faced to a threat from another world, the S.H.I.E.L.D. organization and its leader (Jackson) have to gather the mightiest heroes to defend it.
Review: Over the past five years at least, the movies about the super-heroes present in this one (Iron Man, Hulk, Captain America and Thor) have paved the way for this gathering. It was planned all along, as it can be told by the hints of the small segments with Samuel Jackson after the credits of all those movies. The result could have been as bad as Thor, but it turns out to be as good or better as Captain America, my favorite of all. So in this sense, The Avengers filled its purpose. The two big action sequences were fully satisfying: one onboard a flying fortress (I liked this flying aircraft carrier!) and another in a city that tries to be original in a field where the Transformers franchise has already done everything. Sufficient time is taken to depict the conflicts of egos between the heroes, which is in the end what this movie is about. I only regret that the threat is not so original, and wish there come up with a better idea for the sequel.
Rating: 7 /10