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Phase 2 · Infinity Saga

Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)

Team-up · Dark humor

Directed by
Joss Whedon
Released
2015-05-01
Length
141 min
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The quick take

A plan to protect the world goes wrong in a very human way. A crowded sequel that introduces new faces and plants the seeds of the team's later split.

Watch these first

The Avengers and The Winter Soldier.

  1. 1.The Avengers2012143 min
  2. 2.Captain America: The Winter Soldier2014136 min

Prep time: about 4 h 39 min.

The bigger picture

An attempt to build a safeguard for the planet backfires and creates an enemy with a very different idea of how to protect it. New heroes join while the team deals with the cost of its past decisions.

Skip it or watch it?

Watch it. The consequences carry into the next several films.

Where it sits

Release order

#11 of 59

Before: Guardians of the Galaxy

After: Ant-Man

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Timeline order

#13 of 59

Before: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

After: Ant-Man

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Official trailer

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Where to watch

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If you liked this

Phase 1 · 2012

The Avengers

Separate heroes are forced into the same room and have to figure out how to fight as one team. The payoff of years of setup, and still one of the most rewatchable entries.

Phase 3 · 2016

Captain America: Civil War

Public pressure forces the team to choose between oversight and independence, and friendships break over it. Effectively an Avengers film in all but name.

Phase 3 · 2018

Avengers: Infinity War

Every storyline converges as a single threat moves across the universe. A large, bold film with a famously bleak ending.

Cast

Credited lead cast of Avengers: Age of Ultron, in billing order. Names link to IMDb, which we do not own and are not affiliated with.