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| Marvel's superhero "dream team" defend New York from the villainous forces of Loki. |
Very few films have been able to come close, let alone match
the hype factor that’s been gradually brewing throughout the past four years
for Marvel’s superhero dream team to assemble onscreen. Since 2008’s Iron
Man, Marvel has systematically been laying their cards down one by one,
revealing subtle clues about what Samuel L. Jackson’s Nick Fury describes as
the Avengers Initiative. Die-hard comic book fans know exactly what’s about to
happen and if you’ve seen Iron Man or Thor or any of Marvel’s other recent
superhero movies in the theaters and you’ve seen moviegoers glued to their
seats during the credits, they’re just anxious for the next little piece of the
greater picture.
In The Avengers, the world is threatened by the devious Loki (Tom Hiddleston), the exiled prince of Asgard who’s driven to redeem his defeat in last year’s Thor by conquering Earth once and for all. Loki isn’t alone in this conquest; this time he commands an army of Chitauri, a formidable alien force with its own agenda. Being that this is humanity’s largest threat to date, Fury assembles the Avengers composed of Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Captain America (Chris Evans), Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) and the Incredible Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) to defend Earth.
In The Avengers, the world is threatened by the devious Loki (Tom Hiddleston), the exiled prince of Asgard who’s driven to redeem his defeat in last year’s Thor by conquering Earth once and for all. Loki isn’t alone in this conquest; this time he commands an army of Chitauri, a formidable alien force with its own agenda. Being that this is humanity’s largest threat to date, Fury assembles the Avengers composed of Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Captain America (Chris Evans), Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) and the Incredible Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) to defend Earth.