Age of Ultron opens with The Avengers assaulting Baron Wolfgang von Strucker's Hydra base in Sokovia, where he's been performing experiments on humans using Loki's scepter, two of the results of which are Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver. After an excellent battle scene (far better than the original Avengers' opening), Strucker is captured by the team, but once Ultron is built and turns evil at the end of the first act, it's not long before Strucker winds up dead in his cell with "peace" sarcastically written on it in presumably his own blood. Given the publicity that Thomas Kretschmann's casting got for the part, it's surprising that Strucker's role in the MCU amounts to pretty much just an extended cameo: his screen time doesn't cover more than a few minutes at best.
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