Avengers: Age of Ultron Blu-ray Movie

Rating summary

Movie		4.0
Video		4.5
Audio		4.0
Extras		2.0
Overall		4.0

Avengers: Age of Ultron Blu-ray Movie Review

Ultron's Ultimate SteelBook.

Marvel Studios and Best Buy have collaborated on a new line of SteelBook re-releases for several Marvel films, including 'Avengers: Age of Ultron,' 'Ant-Man,' 'Captain America: Civl War,' and 'The Avengers.' The artwork, courtesy of alternative artwork designer Matt Ferguson, is, generally, relatively unassuming but at the same time largely gorgeous and a nice change of pace from the typical character collages. The discs are simply ports of previous releases, so these releases are only for hardcore SteelBook collectors or first-time buyers.

Avengers: Age of Ultron Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality 

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Avengers: Age of Ultron Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality 

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Avengers: Age of Ultron Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras 

The SteelBook, which is prone fingerprinting, features a gaggle of silhouetted characters in action poses: Hawkeye, Black Widow, Iron Man, Captain America, and Hulk. Thor floats off to the right-hand side with lightning striking Mjolnir while Vision hovers top-center with several silver concentric circles around him. A city skyline appears in the background. The characters are standing on ground, which gives way to a solid black bottom third or so of the SteelBook where the film's embossed title appears. Smoke rises from the ground, growing more prominent left to right.

The spine is an attractive silver color across the top two-thirds or so with the black terrain from the front wrapping around. "Marvel Studios" appears in small type at the top. The film's title appears near-center. A red Avengers logo is situated near the top of the black surface area and a Blu-ray disc logo appears on the bottom. The release ships with a basic removable card with a few identifying markers on the front, including artist name and Best Buy exclusivity on the top and a Marvel Studios "ten years" logo at the bottom. A flat black top and basic rear-panel listings including a movie synopsis, special features listing, credits, and an image collage are featured. Underneath the card, the terrain wraps around and the various structures line the middle. A silver, breaking Avengers logo appears center-top. The entirety of the back panel is red-tinted.

Inside, the single disc is situated on the right-hand side. The inner print is very basic. It's essentially reflective of the outside's image properties: the terrain, the posed characters, and the Avengers logo from the rear. The main difference is that the title has been moved to the top above the characters. Everything that was in color on the front and back are red, and everything else is black.

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Avengers: Age of Ultron Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation 

Matt Ferguson's SteelBooks are undeniably very attractive, but they release at a time when the films have been on the market for some time, when Civil War and Ant-Man have previously released in the SteelBook format, and The Avengers and Avengers: Age of Ultron are soon re-releasing in 4K UHD SteelBooks alongside Infinity War. That makes these, as attractive as they are, somewhat superfluous. But there are several potential audiences, as small as they may be: hardcore SteelBook collectors, first-time buyers for any or all of these movies, and those who don't care about future 4K re-issues, whether announced or unannounced. All that said, these are first-rate SteelBook releases that, for anyone interested in their collectibility, come highly recommended.