The plot of the film was brilliantly written bringing back Tom Hiddleston to play the devilishly cunning Loki but with a far more darker personality than in Thor back in 2011. The continuation of the character and growth of personality is all well established in the film. Chris Hemsworth also returned as Loki's brother Thor but again with a character development from that of the previous movie, a more responsible, older Thor is seen in The Avengers. Jeremy Renner who reprises his cameo role from Thor also appears as Agent Clint Barton aka Hawkeye, a new character to the live action movie franchise that marvel have been building on for the past few years. But still a great part was played.
Mark Ruffalo picked up where Edward Norton left off as Bruce Banner/Hulk and again the green eyed monster was still changed slightly to have a sense of humour in many ways and with the uttering of the classic line "Hulk Smash!" made me feel like a 12 year old boy all over again. Scarlett Johannson as Agent Natasha Romanoff played more that just a support role this time around as we learnt more about her history as a character as well as her relationship with Hawkeye. Samuel L Jackson leaped into the role who, was in many ways written for him, as Director of S.H.I.E.L.D Nick Fury and didn't disappoint, as he rarely ever does.
Now Chris Evans. I was slightly sceptical about using Chris Evans as Captain American originally as he played Johnny Storm/Human Torch in both Fantastic Four films but gladly I was mistaken. He proved me wrong in Captain America: The First Avenger and he continues to do so by blowing the role away in this. Superbly played giving a sense of command and patriotism that the character was written with and intended to have in the original comics.
This brings me onto who has quickly become one of my favourite actors in the business today playing one of the most perfect parts he has ever played. Robert Downey Jr as the Cocky, Charming, Billionaire Businessman known to the Marvel Universe as Tony Stark and Iron Man. Possibly my favourite series of movies yet to be made from the Marvel Universe. The man en-captions the essence of Tony Stark and brings him to life on the Big Screen, every quip and line makes me think that I'm watching Downey Jr himself on screen and not the character he's playing because i believe the two are so similar a more perfect actor couldn't have been found to portray him.
The action in the film is exactly what you'd expect from a big budget superhero film and delivers Godly amounts to the audience. The humour had to be expected when you have Downey Jr playing Stark but when it includes all the other characters as well and not only focused from one direction it becomes a multitude of laughs for everyone and not a single person in the audience last night could restrain their laughter at time in this film.
Overall this film was exactly and more what I expected and hoped it would be. This will be a special edition purchase for me day of release if i can afford it at the time of DVD release and i strongly recommend that you see it. Even if your not a fan of superhero movies this brings something for everyone to the table and should be fun for everyone. 5/5 rating for me and more if I could go over without seeming like an idiot.
Oh and one more thing... It's a Marvel film... So stay until the end of the credits ;-) Lets just say, there's been hints in the previous movies leading up to this that very few people have managed to spot and piece together.
