Written by Christopher Markus And Stephen McFeely
Directed by Anthony And Joe Russo
Captain America (re Bucky): "He's my friend."
Iron Man: "So was I."
Or as I'd like to call this movie, Avengers 2.5. Despite some absences, this often felt more like an Avengers movie than the third part of a Captain America. It also pretty did a similar thing to Batman V. Superman, coming out two months after that movie. Did it do it better?
Honestly, not really. Overall,this movie felt like a culmination of the events from both Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Avengers: Age Of Ultron but for me, this one doesn't quite hit the same height as the former and would be a tiny bit behind the latter as well.
The opening scene was rather good. There was something delightful in seeing Captain America (Chris Evans), Falcon (Anthony Mackie), Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) and Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) going up against Crossbones (Frank Grillo). However he didn't make it out of this one alive but did manage to tip Steve off about The Winter Soldier (Sebastian Stan) still being alive.
Bucky of course being the whole crux of this movie's conflict. You had Captain America, Falcon, Wanda as well as Ant-Man (Paul Rudd) and Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) on one side. However on the other, there was Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr), a reluctant Black Widow, War Machine (Don Cheadle) as well as Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman) and Spider-Man (Tom Holland). The latter side weren't exactly in Bucky's favour.
It probably didn't help that as the Winter Soldier, Bucky was responsible for the death of Howard Stark (John Slattery), while also being blamed for the death of T'Chaka (John Kani). The latter definitely wasn't on him and that alone would change the Bucky/T'Challa relationship by the end of the movie.
The actual "Civil War" really was watching your favourite Marvel heroes fight each other with both sides not really helping their respective causes. On the villain end of the scale, there was the introduction of Helmut Zemo (Daniel Brühl) who proved to be a rather effective baddie before being inevitably captured by the good guys. He's another character who successfully managed to break through in an otherwise very busy movie.
As for Tony and Steve, this movie really was a tester of their friendship and it felt like both could've tried harder to have seen the other's perspective. I did find myself siding with Steve a bit more but at least Tony seemed to show some remorse for what transpired between both sides.
- The film featured Everett K. Ross (Martin Freeman), had the return of Sharon Carter (Emily VanCamp) and a funeral for Peggy Carter. The credit scenes were good for Black Panther and Spider-Man fans.
- Alfre Woodard popped up here in a civilian role but would go on to play Mariah Dillard in Luke Cage shortly after this movie's release.
- There was definitely hints of Wanda and Vision (Paul Bettany) becoming a couple, even if they were on different sides within the second half of the movie.
- Both Thor and Hulk are off world, setting up Thor: Ragnarok.
- Joe Russo popped up as a murder victim of Zemo's and Stan Lee as a FedEx deliveryman.
- Chronology: Not long after the events of Avengers: Age Of Ultron. Flashbacks to 1991 and a few different locations in 2016.
While not my favourite of the Steve Rogers trilogy, there's still enough to like with Captain America: Civil War if I'm being honest. Some characters are introduced and immediately grab your attention and the fight scenes do look great, I can't deny that.
Rating: 7 out of 10
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