Another cracking superhero movie directed by the Russo
Brothers Anthony and Joe involving the Marvel Cinematic Universe. This latest
action packed offering is almost a direct follow on from Captain
America: The Winter Solider released in 2014 in which we had the
emergence of an all-powerful villain who was originally Steve Rogers’s (Chris
Evans) best friend Bucky Barnes who was thought to have been killed in action
during World War 2. Rescued by the Russians and taken to Moscow he
is programmed to be a Soviet assassin under the code name of The Winter Soldier
(Sebastian Stan).
This latest film involves not only characters from the
previous outing including the good Captains love interest Peggy Carters niece CIA
agent Sharon Carter (Emily VanCamp), Scarlett Johansson reprising her role as
Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow with Anthony Mackie back as the flying machine
Falcon but others that form part of the larger Avengers Assemble including Iron
Man (Robert Downey Jnr), Iron Mans close ally War Machine (Don Cheadle), with
Jeremy Renner returning as Hawkeye, Black Panther, a new character introduced
for this movie played by Chadwick Boseman, Vision the Android (Paul Bettany)
the lovely Olson sister Elizabeth is Scarlet Witch, also the super hero Ant-Man
(Paul Rudd) whose suit allows him to shrink or grow makes an appearance - you
may already have seen him in Ant-Man
(2015), bringing some welcome humour to
the proceedings is Peter Parker better known as Spider Man (Tom Holland).
The plot of Captain America: Civil War (2016)
involves the introduction of the Sokovia Accords which basically set out to
kerb superhero involvement in operation’s they deem necessary i.e. to ‘save the
world’ and protect the innocent’s against the villains, who these days tend to
come in the guise of big business and corrupt authorities, forcing Captain
America and his fellow crime fighters to accept political oversight – and we
all know how dubious political oversight can turn out to be! When our superheroes
can’t agree on the benefit of the Accords civil war breaks out forcing them to choose
sides. Cue massive exciting and destructive battles between the two factions. “This
is the cinematic superhero showdown you’ve dreamt of since childhood”[1]
The franchise gets even better, great entertainment for children of all ages.
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