Its not all crash-bang-wallop in Avengers: Age Of Ultron; even the most avowed action junkies would surely grow weary of 141 minutes of balls-to-the-wall mayhem. Fortunately Joss Whedon handles the quieter moments with a sure hand, and the most interesting relationship in the film is undoubtedly the burgeoning romance between Bruce Banner and Natasha Romanoff. The two damaged souls, burdened by the misery theyve inflicted on others and harbouring serious trust issues, find a kinship in one another that provides one of the movies best subplots. A touching exchange unfolds between them when the Avengers are forced underground and seek refuge in Hawkeyes family hideout. Banner struggles to keep his feelings at bay and finds every excuse not to get involved, including the fact that, for obvious reasons, having children is out of the question. At which point Romanoff quietly reveals that the childhood she spent being groomed as a Soviet spy included an efficient sterilisation procedure. Its easy to forget that most of the Avengers assembled to this point are awards-calibre actors, but scenes like this serve as a timely reminder.
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