Common Sense Media Review
By Jeffrey M. Anderson
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
Average animated action tale features troubled superheroes.
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Ultimate Avengers: The Movie
What's the Story?
During World War II, Captain America (Justin Gross) saves the world from aliens and, in the process, winds up frozen at the bottom of the ocean. In the present day, he is revived and recruited by Nick Fury (Andre Ware), of S.H.I.E.L.D. Fury recruits several other heroes, including Iron Man (Marc Worden), Black Widow (Olivia d'Abo), Giant-Man (Nolan North), Wasp, and Thor (David Boat), to join a new super-team. Their next-to-impossible mission is to stop the aliens, which have remained on earth, dormant, throughout the decades. The aliens have developed an invincible metal to be used in battle, and have also successfully stolen all of S.H.I.E.L.D's secrets. But even their threat is nothing compared to the violent rampage of the Hulk.
Is It Any Good?
Based on a 2002 comic series, "The Ultimates," which re-imagined the Avengers for modern times, this animated movie seems overly simplified. The animation is flat and average, and the storytelling seems abbreviated, with too many characters getting shorted by the 72-minute running time. The video is especially disappointing after the big-screen thrills of Joss Whedon's 2012 live-action movie.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about the movie's violence. Does the tone of the violence change after the superheroes dispatch the aliens and when they begin fighting the Hulk? How is the violence different?
Are the female heroes in this movie good role models? Does it matter that they dress up in sexy costumes and use their sexuality to get results?
What is the cause and the effect of the heroes drinking in this movie?
Would it hard to be a superhero? If you were a superhero, what would your super power be?
Movie Details
- On DVD or streaming : February 21, 2006
- Cast : Grey DeLisle , Justin Gross , Marc Worden , Olivia d'Abo
- Directors : Bob Richardson , Curt Geda , Steven E. Gordon
- Inclusion Information : Female Movie Actor(s)
- Studio : Lionsgate
- Genre : Action/Adventure
- Run time : 72 minutes
- MPAA rating :
- MPAA explanation : action violence
- Last updated : September 1, 2021
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