Avengers: Age Of Ultron: 11 Biggest Questions It Leaves Unanswered

7. And What Are Its Powers?

In the first Avengers film, Loki's sceptre was like a plot device that let the screenwriters move the narrative along in whatever manner they fancied. Loki needs to brainwash Hawkeye and Dr Selvig to do his bidding? The sceptre can do that. Loki needs to subjugate a load of Germans from afar? The sceptre can project him. Loki needs to stab Agent Coulson right through the heart? The sceptre is pretty pointy. The sceptre serves a similar purpose in Age Of Ultron, where its still-unexplained abilities mean that it can be used to €“ amongst other things €“ allow Bruce Banner and Tony Stark to synthesise the Ultron AI Strucker was working on, and put it into a bunch of Tony's drones as an ill-advised test. Pretty good hacking skills for something Asgardian. Seriously, what can the sceptre do? Or, more specifically, what can't it do? Even the reveal late on in Age Of Ultron that the sceptre contains one of the Infinity Stones doesn't really explain anything. Fan speculation puts it down as the Mind Stone, but the film doesn't say that, or explain what it can do (in the comics, it makes you telepathic/telekinetic). And now The Vision has it.