Storyline:
Nick Fury is director of S.H.I.E.L.D, an international peace keeping agency. The agency is a who's who of Marvel Super Heroes, with Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow. When global security is threatened by Loki and his cohorts, Nick Fury and his team will need all their powers to save the world from disaster.
Additional Information:
Directed by: Joss Whedon
Produced by: Kevin Feige
Screenplay by: Joss Whedon
Story by: Zak Penn, Joss Whedon
Based on: The Avengers: by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby
Starring: Robert Downey, Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Tom Hiddleston, Clark Gregg, Cobie Smulders, Stellan Skarsg�rd, Samuel L. Jackson
Music by: Alan Silvestri
Cinematography: Seamus McGarvey
Editing by: Jeffrey Ford, Lisa Lassek
Studio: Marvel Studios
Distributed by: Walt Disney Pictures
Release dates: April 11, 2012 (world premiere), May 4, 2012 (United States)
Running time: 143 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English
Budget: $220 million
Box office: $1,510,617,210
Critiques:
"There are moments of genuine pathos, genuine humor, genuine surprise. As much as the film adheres to the strictures of the standard comic-book movie, it also pops with a knowing, loving, Whedon-world jokiness that keeps everything barreling along." Amy Biancolli, San Francisco Chronicle
"The Avengers is both campy and reverential. Comic-Con nerds will have multiple orgasms. I had a blast." David Edelstein, New York Magazine (Vulture)
"Most impressive of all, The Avengers makes superhero movies new again - a colossal task indeed." Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News
"The Avengers kicks ass." James Berardinelli, ReelViews
"You don't need to be a "comic-book person" to find the set pieces exhilarating. But if you are such a person, or a fan of the movies that comic books turn into, The Avengers feels like the moment you've been waiting for." Wesley Morris, Boston Globe