Avengers: Age Of Ultron - 10 Plotholes That Almost Ruin It

Before anyone starts reaching for their pitch-forks, Avengers: Age Of Ultron is a very good film. As a Marvel film, it's probably a little less than that - but only thanks to the high bar they set themselves - but as a popcorn movie and a blockbuster (not the dirty words some think), it's a thrill-ride.

Inevitably though, there are some flaws. Comic book purists will inevitably complain that some of their favourite characters have been messed with, fans of threats and death might suggest there isn't enough doom for a sequel, and amateur editors will see it as rushed in places. All are pertinent complaints, and all deserve reference, especially since some of them actually impact the logic of the plot.

With so many plot elements to tie up and new characters to throw into the mix, Joss Whedon's sequel drops the ball a number of times. It's entirely forgivable, because the action and the pace just about make up for it in the first 2 or 3 viewings, but over time, there are some problems that just might take some of the gloss off for you.

They are the plot-holes, narrative contrivances and downright mistakes that you would hope a project this big and this expensive might have ironed out before release. Sadly, that wasn't the case.

Let's get nit-picky.

So, Ultron's first scene ends with him escaping the Avengers (having pilfered Loki's sceptre) by jumping into their wifi connection and surfing the internet to Baron Von Strucker's base in Sokovia (which handily still has the internet turned on, obviously).

It's fairly well established that he can use this means of transportation to "infect" tech, as he does at Avengers tower to build himself a body out of spare parts, as well as in the Sokovian base. So why doesn't he ever think about doing the same thing to disable the Avengers' own tech?

Rather than letting them use their high-tech vehicles and systems (which he left in perfect working order despite wiping all of their research) to come and find him and thwart his plans, he just left them unmolested. Which includes the Hulkbuster suit: a walking armoury attached to the Internet (via Tony's Iron Man suit - he Googles "Hulk" at one point in flight).

Surely if Ultron's plan was to have Hulk rampage so much that he'd be blasted off into space or something, then incapacitating the security measure built to limit any "episodes" should have been first on his To Do List.