Michela Cingolani

アイアンマンことトニー・スタークが完成させた人工知能“ウルトロン”の暴走に端を発する、ヒーローたちによる愛する者たちを救うための戦いをダイナミックに描く。人類の危機的状況を何度も打破してきたアイアンマンことトニー・スタークは、平和維持システムとしての人工知能“ウルトロン”を誕生させる。人類を脅威から守るために完成させたウルトロンであったが、平和を脅かす唯一の存在は人類だと結論付け、抹消しようとする。監督は、前作でもメガホンを取ったジョス・ウェドン。

In autumn of 1526, the Emperor, Charles V, sends his German landsknechts led by Georg von Frundsberg to march towards Rome. The inferior papal armies, commanded by Giovanni de'Medici, try to chase them in the midst of a harsh winter. Nevertheless, the Imperial armies manage to cross the rivers along their march and get cannons thanks to the maneuvers of its Lords. In a skirmish, Giovanni de'Medici is wounded in the leg by a falconet shot. The attempts to cure him fail and he dies. The Imperial armies assault Rome. The film is beautifully but unassumingly set, and shows the hard conditions in which war is waged and its lack of glory. It ends straightforwardly with the declaration made after the death of Giovanni de'Medici by the commanders of the armies in Europe of not using again fire weapons because of their cruelty.