Avengers Assemble…Again

August 30, 2009 Patrick Hickey Jr. DVD & Blu-Ray 0

ula2Continuing the story from the last Ultimate Avengers animated motion picture, Ultimate Avengers 2 gives comic book fans more of the same solid story and action they’ve been looking for and introduces the beloved Black Panther into the series, making it more enjoyable to hardcore fans.

Many fans had a huge problem with the lack of development in the first movie and it seems that the problem has been fixed in Ultimate Avengers 2, but only as far as the returning characters are concerned.

The back story of Iron Man and Captain America is explained in much more detail in the sequel, showing the physical problems Tony Stark must deal with everyday and the emotional anguish that has engulfed the life of Steve Rogers. The marital problems of Wasp and Giant Man also play a big part in the film, while Bruce Banner and Thor have big problems of their own they have to cope with.

New to the film to the Black Panther, who’s rich and emotional story has made him a fan favorite for the past four decades. Unfortunately, to the chagrin of many fans, his persona is not totally captured in the film. Being of wise mind and body, Black Panther is a calming influence amongst the Avengers that hold no punches while on the battlefield. While there are scents of this in the film, the character almost feels like someone else by the end of the movie.

For some reason, the producers of this film decided to go with a younger, more irrational Panther, focusing more on his relationship with the people in his village than his relationship with the Avengers; nevertheless, the story does require some attention to Panther’s people, but more attention should have been paid to his friendship with Captain America and the rest of the Avengers.

On the whole, Ultimate Avengers 2 is a solid animated motion picture that hurts itself a tad by straying too far away from the source material it’s based on. By the end however, it feels more like a throwback to the great animated Saturday morning Marvel cartoons that many of us still watch on YouTube.com to this day than anything else.

And that’s a good thing.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14260 Articles
Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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