Written by Christopher Markus And Stephen McFeely
Directed by Anthony Russo And Joe Russo
Steve: "I'm not gonna fight you. You're my friend!"
The Winter Soldier: "You're my mission! YOU ARE MY MISSION!"
Steve: "Then finish it. 'Cause I'm with you 'til the end of the line."
There's a certain trilogy from another comic book franchise in which in the middle part happened to be the most highly regarded part of it. This franchise should also have that acclaim because out of the Steve Rogers trilogy, this would be my favourite of the bunch.
Shortky after the events of The Avengers, you've got Captain America (Chris Evans) and Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) working together, albeit on separate missions. That's on Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) who still had Steve on a need to know basis with certain things.
Of course proving to be as much of a problem in the present day as they were back in the 1940s, Hydra have new acolytes doing their bidding. This was where Alexander Pierce (Robert Redford) came into the forefront, working Hydra front within S.H.I.E.L.D. itself, including attempting to take Fury off the table. Did anyone really believe he was dead? I definitely didn't.
Anyways with Steve and Natasha having to deal with the next generation of Hydra in their midst, at least there was some allies in their corner. There was pararescueman Sam Wilson/Falcon (Anthony Mackie), who's easily the break out character of the entire movie. His rapport with everyone was fantastic but especially with Steve himself.
There's also Fury's right hand woman, Maria Hill (Cobie Smulders) and Agent 3 herself, Sharon Carter (Emily Van Camp). There's a hint of a love story here that most fans hated at the time (and still do). Aside from that, both characters are used pretty well within a rather stacked movie.
Getting back to the villains of the piece, The Winter Soldier himself, Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan). One of the best and sympathetic MCU villains, considering he's a victim of Hydra's brainwashing while Brock Rumlow (Frank Grillo) was a bit weaker as a baddie.
Of course this movie certainly ended things on a complicated note between Steve and Bucky while also laying the groundwork for Avengers: Age Of Ultron. Let's just say, an icon made her debut here.
- The credit scenes introduced both Wanda (Elizabeth Olsen) and Pietro Maximoff (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) while Bucky looked at himself in the Smithsonian.
- Stan Lee popped up as a security guard that wasn't pleased when a certain costume was stolen.
- Steve caught up with a much older Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell) in hospital while Arnim Zola (Toby Jones) also re-emerged through AI.
- This movie had Steve get closure on his relationship with Peggy, hinted at attractions to both Sharon and Natasha and asked a lot about his love life in the 21st century.
- More great casting with the likes of Jenny Agutter, Danny Pudi, Alan Dale, Bernard White and Chin Han all popping up in good supporting/cameo roles.
- Chronology: The movie came out during 2014, so around the same time.
Without a doubt, Captain America: The Winter Soldier is the best movie from the Steve Rogers trilogy. Everything just works (minus the Steve/Sharon subplot) but especially the complicated relationship between Steve and Bucky. I loved this one.
Rating: 9 out of 10
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