By Nicole Macchio – Entertainment Editor

All the world’s favorite Marvel superheroes come together in the second installment of “The Avengers.”

When Tony Stark and Bruce Banner play around with the scepter, first seen in the original Avengers movie, they create Ultron. He was meant to save the world and to put an end to the Avengers so they could stop fighting. Instead, he took put an end to the Avengers as a challenge and unleashed his destructive powers onto the team of heroes.

The movie is packed with action and wit, almost to a point where it’s overbearing. However, it was still enjoyable. The actors, well-known from the previous film, were all excellent in their roles.

Scarlett Johansson plays the Black Widow. She has previously starred in “Lost in Translation,” “The Nanny Diaries” (starring Jonathan Law’s very own Nick Art), “Lucy,” and “Captain America: The Winter Soldier.”

Jeremy Renner plays Hawkeye, Chris Evans plays Captain America, Chris Hemsworth plays Thor, Mark Ruffalo plays The Hulk, and Robert Downey, Jr. plays Iron Man.

The actors played each character with the same skill has the always have. They really brought it to the plate in the scenes that were more emotional than just the fight scenes.

New Marvel characters are introduced in the film, including The Scarlet Witch played by Elizabeth Olsen and Quicksilver played by Aaron Taylor Johnson. Both did well to play the enraged twins ready to wreak havoc and try to save their people in the process.

The movie starts out with action and the graphics were shaky at best, the animation was totally visible. But after the opening scene, it got much better. It was no longer obvious that the characters weren’t actually fighting monsters in some mountain top. The scenes got more realistic after that.

The storyline of the film was secondary to the action sequences and jokes. There was a point in which the Red Witch messed with the Avengers’ minds and viewers got a better glimpse as to who they are, and what makes them tick. It goes really in depth into the life of Hawkeye, revealing that he is just an ordinary family man who is overly skilled with a bow and arrow.

Overall, the movie was action-packed and a solid sequel to the original.

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars