The Avengers
(2012)
Overview
When an unexpected enemy emerges and threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. Spanning the globe, a daring recruitment effort begins!
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Collection
The Avengers Collection
Reviews
tmdb87069603
⭐ 8/10June 5, 2012
With a movie like this you wonder how all of the otherwise, main characters will work together and support the story.
No problems here. While as might be expected, R. Downey Jr. comes across largely central, it is still a good mix and IMHO the best scenes in the movie involve the generated Hulk character.
With that kind of successful melding of characters, Hollywood-scale egos and even computer generated characters; you have to give it up …
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Gimly
⭐ 9/10October 27, 2017
**A long format review from 2012**
My new favourite Marvel Cinematic Universe film, undoubtedly! Order goes thusly;
1. The Avengers
2. Iron Man
3. Thor
4. Captain America
5. Iron Man 2
6. The Incredible Hulk
I had the privilege of going to Sydney and watching this almost a full three weeks before it’s American release, in a special advance screening for fans and a handful of critics. I drove up and back on a day trip with my mate HR…
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Dark Jedi
January 22, 2018
After the recent disappointments from Marvel, notably Thor and the abysmal second instalment of Ghost Rider, this was a pleasant experience.
The special effects are dazzling, the plot is acceptable and the heroes are not making total idiots out of themselves just because the director wanted some “depth” to their characters. Sure there is a little bickering in between them but not too much to distract from the fun.
I’ve always liked Robert D…
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tmdb44006625
⭐ 8/10March 9, 2019
One of the few movies to actually make me feel like a kid again, Joss Whedon was the perfect filmmaker to do this film. Everyone gets their time to shine. The script juggles every plot point and character moment with clarity and ease. It's funny, smart, and visually jaw dropping. Definitely lived up to the five movie hype.
E.J. Cummings
⭐ 8.5/10April 9, 2019
I give this 10 Stars based on it being not only better than the trailer and the hype made me thing it would be, but also that it was the first time anything the size and scope of the Marvel Cinematic universe was pulled off successfully. Having Joss direct this movie lives and dies on character interaction. This movie is on the definitive list in my opinion even just for that.
John Chard
⭐ 9/10August 4, 2019
Everything that's happening, the things that are about to come to light, people might just need a little old fashioned.
The Avengers (AKA: Avengers Assemble) is written and directed by Joss Whedon, with Zak Penn co-writing the story. It stars Robert Downey Junior, Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Tom Hiddlestone, Clark Gregg, Samuel L. Jackson, Cobie Smulders and Stellan Skarsgard. Music is scored …
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Justin Lopez
November 6, 2019
The Avengers is a dream movie come true for superhero fans with its group of extremely talented actors and epic champions, to create an action- packed movie with hilarious banter laced in between scenes. I love how each of the actors and actresses has portrayed each of the roles they were given.
LoganWright
November 7, 2019
Definitely the greatest superhero movie of all time. Marvel has set the bar high with this one and so far, they're doing a good job of keeping up with that despite not being able to raise it higher!
BradleyStewart
November 7, 2019
I found it creative of Marvel to introduce each character one by one. It really set the tone and had me looking forward to what's gonna happen.
Jane Hall
November 7, 2019
Perfect casting! You can really see and feel that the actors have great chemistry both in and out of their characters.
JessieCollins
November 8, 2019
Wonderful movie to watch if you want to be entertained and not think about the plot too much.
John Smith
November 8, 2019
When you have a bunch of flashy superheroes fighting supernatural, extraterrestrial villains from another dimension, it can get pretty hard to highlight each of their strengths, but Marvel pulled it off with this one!
1RobertJohnson1
December 23, 2019
I tried my best to avoid getting carried away by the hype of this movie because nowadays most of the movies that are too much hyped end up just being disappointments but I'm glad to say that I WAS NOT DISAPPOINTED when this came out.
MichaelWilliams
December 23, 2019
One word for this movie: AWESOME. It’s an amazing film and has everything a superhero fanboy hoped for and more.
WilliamJones
December 23, 2019
One of the many things I loved in this film was the conflict between Iron Man and Captain America for leadership and how the two differ in their approach. A very unique way of building a team of superheroes.
DavidBrown1
December 24, 2019
The cast really delivered. Sure they were playing the roles of superheroes but you can really see and feel a deeper level of emotions in their performance.
JosephWilson
December 29, 2019
Kudos to the fight choreographers who designed all the action sequences for this movie. They really did a good one!
richardmiller
December 29, 2019
If you haven't seen this film yet, do yourself a favor and remain unspoiled. This is one of the movies that need to be savored.
ThomasMoore
December 30, 2019
Good fighting sequences but camerawork feels too crazy and made it quite difficult to fully enjoy the great choreography.
ThomasMoore
December 30, 2019
I thought I would be able to enjoy it upon hearing that it was gonna be 3 hours long but it turned out to be too much. Watching it felt like a drag and was too melo-dramatic for a superhero film.
JeffreyYoung
January 2, 2020
It was a great idea to bring together this group of amazing superheroes and at the same time amazing actors to create a top-class superhero film.
JacobKing1
January 2, 2020
I appreciate how they made sure to introduce each character before bringing them together for an epic fight to defend the Earth. It gives much more depth to each superhero.
NicholasLopez
January 2, 2020
I gotta admit I was not ready for all that shaky-cam action. I mean, you could clearly see that the choreography for the fight scenes was good enough for a superhero movie, but why did you have to add so much shaking and cutscenes?
StephenScott
January 2, 2020
I'm not exaggerating when I say that this is the best superhero film of all time!
LarryAdams
January 2, 2020
The title says it all, you will really MARVEL at the awesomeness of this film. Where else can you find a film with more superheroes than you can imagine working together to save the Earth?
JustinCampbell
January 2, 2020
Marvel really outdid themselves on this one. This is one of their greatest works to date and only a handful of films can compare to this one - and all of them have mostly been Marvel too!
CharlesTaylor
January 3, 2020
Are you a fan of epic adventure movies? Then this is your dream come true! Truly this is the ultimate superhero mash-up and it's executed perfectly. Props to the filmmakers for taking the time to design it to be more than just a superhero film packed with action scenes and adding depth to each character.
ChristopherAndersen
January 3, 2020
More than just a superhero film, this movie had a definite soul and smart plot as well. It's a guarantee that superhero fans will love it but at the same time, other, more common, moviegoers will find it entertaining too.,
DanielThomas
January 4, 2020
The best thing about this movie is that it gave each superhero their own unique way of contributing to the team. It wasn't just another film wherein there's one superhero that stands out among the rest while the rest got overshadowed by this main character.
MatthewJackson
January 5, 2020
Stan Lee cameos are the best! It's too bad he won't be around to do that now. It was one of the things I looked forward to in each of the Marvel movies.
AnthonyWhite
January 5, 2020
This is not a good movie... It's a GREAT MOVIE! Filmmakers did an awesome job taking the storyline from the comic books and making sure that most of it was kept.
DonaldHarris
January 5, 2020
Superhero with not only super-awesome heroes but superb script as well. For an action adventure film, the writing is extremely detailed and that's what appealed to me the most.
BrandonEvans
January 6, 2020
I don't think Marvel could've found a better cast that could've played the characters!
BenjaminCollins
January 6, 2020
If you're a comic book fan like me, you'd understand that usually, superhero storylines adapt a more straight, serious tone, but with the Avengers you have the great storyline of a superhero film and the comedic relief of banter.
SamuelSanchez
January 6, 2020
The incredible mix of superheroes together with their personalities and powers is a guarantee to impress any sort of audience.
RaymondMorris
January 6, 2020
Count on the Avengers to make man-tights and capes look more fashionable than ever! With incredible fight choreography, it's hard not to be impressed.
MarkMartin
January 16, 2020
It takes more than just great actors to make a successful film so for the people behind the curtains making everything even more awesome, I want to give my thanks for blessing us with this masterpiece of a film!
PaulThompson
January 16, 2020
When you have an amazing team of actors with great chemistry both on and off screen, a team of directors who are passionate about what they do, and a production crew that's always coming up with new ways to reinvent the superhero genre, then you've got a successful film like this.
JPV852
⭐ 8/10June 8, 2020
Probably only my third time watching and still a really entertaining action film with good banter amongst the Avengers and the team-up in the third act really work well. The whole banding together with the death of Agent Coulson still doesn't feel right, good character but didn't think he was so beloved to be a catalyst for them. Minor point just something that stood out then, and now. Also a bit hollow given, IIRC, was alive and well for the Age… read the rest.
r96sk
⭐ 7/10January 16, 2021
The last hour is a lot of fun, but I found the opening chunk disappointing.
I was expecting wall-to-wall action, pretty much from the start - especially given the forces that join together. However, I felt the first half of <em>'The Avengers'</em> as slow. What also didn't help is that the villain, carried over from a preceding MCU film, isn't super interesting - we also don't see the antagonist's earlier film counterpart for a fair few scenes…
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Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$220,000,000
Revenue
$1,518,815,515