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The Avengers

Rated: PG
Running time: 142 minutes
Director: Joss Whedon

Starring
Samuel L,Jackson,Scarlett Johansson,Mark Ruffalo,Jeremy Renner,Robert Downey Jr,Chris Evans,Chris Hemsworth,Tom Hiddleston

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Based on the Marvel superhero team, directed by fanboy favourite Joss Whedon (Serenity, Firefly). This brings together the casts of Marvel's superhero movie franchises: Captain America (Chris Evans), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) and the Hulk (Mark Ruffalo). When an enemy emerges that threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson), Director of the international peacekeeping agency known as SHIELD, finds himself in need of a team of the world's superheroes to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. Based on Marvel's comic book series The Avengers, first published in 1963 and a comics institution ever since.

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Critical reaction to The Avengers

"Spectacular and bristling with superhero stunts from New York to outer space, The Avengers is a movie comic made for fans of the superhero fantasies that entertain the teenager in us all" - Urbancinefile.com.au

"Whedon pulls off a stunning feat in bringing balance to this superhuman circus, engineered to charm the geek core and non-fans alike" - Hollywood Reporter

"This is as close as cinema gets to a fairground ride: it's shiny, noisy and exhilarating" - Time Out