The first “Avengers” movie was no masterpiece but it delivered an entertaining crossover film where Earth’s mightiest heroes joined forces to battle evil. “Avengers: Age Of Ultron” is not bad but feels somewhat underwhelming as it comes in the wake of “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” and “Guardians of the Galaxy”.

In “Age Of Ultron”, Tony Stark/Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr. “Iron Man”) hopes to revive a peacekeeping computer system but things take a turn for the worst as the system turns hostile and the Avengers must do battle against Ultron (voiced by James Spader “Stargate”) from enacting a terrifying planet that will doom the planet.

Robert Downey Jr. does a good job as Iron Man. Chris Evans (“Captain America: The First Avenger”) is reasonable as Captain America. Chris Hemsworth (“Thor”) is also reasonable as Thor. I was again a little disappointed by the performance from Mark Ruffalo (“Shutter Island”) as the Incredible Hulk’s human form, Bruce Banner. The other heroes are not very good, with the exception of Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner “The Bourne Legacy”). Some of the comedic interactions between the heroes feel really unnecessary and they result in making the film needlessly long. The Ultron villain is really boring.

There are some great moments in this film. The scene where Iron Man fights the Incredible Hulk is genuine blast yet there are too many parts that come across as routine. The movie is not helped by a convoluted story with a few too many subplots. If you are a big fan of the Marvel movies then you should see this movie (you sort-of need to considering all the films are part of one cinematic universe) but I think casual fans of the superhero genre are going to be a little disappointed at how average this one feels in comparison to some of the other ones.