Ultimate Avengers (2006) (V)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Directors:

Curt Geda
Steven E. Gordon

Writers:

Bryan Hitch (comic book and characters)
Greg Johnson (screen story and screenplay)

Release Date:

21 February 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Individually, they are super heroes. United, they are the Ultimate Avengers...

Plot:

To confront an alien menace, General Fury assembles a team of superheroes lead by a recently resuscitated Captain America.

Plot Keywords:

Avenger | Thor | Iron Man | Alien | Superheroine

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Justin Gross	...	Captain America / Steve Rogers (voice)
Grey DeLisle	...	Janet Pym / The Wasp (voice)
Michael Massee	...	Bruce Banner (voice)
Olivia d'Abo	...	Black Widow / Natalia Romanoff (voice)
Marc Worden	...	Iron Man / Tony Stark (voice)
Nan McNamara	...	Dr. Betty Ross (voice)
Nolan North	...	Giant Man / Hank Pym (voice)
Andre Ware	...	Nick Fury (voice)
David Boat	...	Thor (voice)
Fred Tatasciore	...	The Hulk / Additional Voices (voice)
Jim Ward	...	Herr Kleiser (voice) (as James K. Ward)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dee Bradley Baker	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Steve Blum	...	Additional Voices (voice) (as Steven Blum)
Keith Ferguson	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Quinton Flynn	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Kerrigan Mahan	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Aileen Sander	...	Additional Voices (voice)
James Arnold Taylor	...	Additional Voices (voice)

Also Known As:

Ultimate Avengers: The Movie (USA) (DVD box title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for action violence.

Runtime:

72 min | Argentina:80 min

Country:

USA

Language:

Spanish | English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | UK:PG | Argentina:Atp

Company:

Marvel Studios

Trivia:

The Chitauri revealing themselves is another departure from the comic books. In the comics, they appear only in human form, except for Kleiser.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Thor pronounces "Mjolnir" incorrectly.

Quotes:

Tony Stark: [to Natalia] I'm free for nightcaps later. Interested? You can bring your gun.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Ultimate Avengers II (2006) (V)

One Brilliant Animated Production!

Where to begin? Ultimate Avengers is simply one brilliant rendition of Marvel's (and Earth's) Mightiest Heroes. I've read different reactions and I've heard from both sides of this debate. Some serious Ultimates fans wanted this movie to be an exact reenactment of the comic book. Marvel instead made a conscious decision to infuse the old school Avengers in to the Ultimates mix. It was a masterful decision. The combination works very well. Gone are the overblown and, quite frankly, juvenile elements of the Ultimates. Having a horny Hulk or an outrageously abusive Henry Pym may work to capture the teenage comic crowd (which is exactly why the Ultimate Universe was created) but it doesn't play with main stream audiences. The title Ultimate Avengers fits because it's just that, a perfect meshing together of two separate universe of characters. The edge that made the Ultimates popular is still present but the characters that made the Ultimates possible in the first place still shine through. Captain America is perfect. You can really see why Marvel is lining up to give him his own live action movie. It'll be great, maybe even better then this masterful animated treat.