Ultimate Avengers 2 (2006)

Captain America
Iron Man
Thor
Giant Man
Wasp
Black Panther
Hulk
Nick Fury

Directed by Curt Geda & Steven E. Gordon

Plot: The Ultimate Avengers are back in this sequel based on the comic book THE ULTIMATES. Captain America once again heads up a team of superheroes to battle alien invasion. This time the story unfolds in Africa, and our heroes are aided by another superhero, the Black Panther.

Review: I love comics and movies based on them. Although I was never a real Avenger fan, until the recent New Avengers title, I was very excited when the first Ultimate Avengers came to DVD. I enjoyed that film, but felt they had sugar coated it a little too much, taking a dark comic story and making it lighter for the kids. Even though I was still excited to see part 2, I was afraid they were going to make another kids film, and that is not what the Ultimates is.

I personally think this straight to DVD sequel is better than the first. Marvel took some chances with this one and added people being killed, stabbed, and disintegrated. The story is good and does a good job of bringing in the new character ‘Black Panther’ and adding him to the mix, without clashing with the original members of the team. The story also has some decent drama moments as well, where you sometimes forget that you are watching a cartoon. One of my only true issues with this film, was the apparent rip off from War of the Worlds. I don’t know if this was underway during the filming of War of the Worlds, but it is obvious that there is some resemblance to that film. Although I like that film, I just expect something more original for comic films. This is truly the only issue I had with the movie and it wasn’t so much of an issue as it was just something I noticed. If you liked the first film, I believe you will love the second.

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