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'Captain America: Civil War': Entertaining showdown of Marvel superheroes
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Hopes are high for the epic showdown between Marvel's Captain America (left) and Iron Man. (Marvel/-)
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eleased soon after the highly anticipated battle between DC Comics' Batman and Superman, which offered a somewhat disappointing result with only 27 and 44 percent ratings on Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic, respectively, hopes are high for the epic showdown between Marvel's Captain America and Iron Man.
Directed by the Russo brothers, Anthony and Joe, who previously helmed 2014's Captain America: The Winter Soldier, the third installment of the franchise still revolves around Captain America/Steve Rogers' (Chris Evans) old buddy, the Winter Soldier/James Buchanan "Bucky" Barnes (Sebastian Stan).
Back in 1991, after being revived by Hydra from a decades-long sleep, the brainwashed Winter Soldier went on a mission that involved crashing a car and, the audience found out later on, murdering the passengers.
The film later moves to the present day where members of the Avengers are in Lagos, Nigeria, to chase after a terrorist group led by Crossbones/Brock Rumlow (Frank Grillo). But the mission turns ugly when a building is accidentally blown up as Scarlet Witch/Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) tries to save Rogers from a suicide bomb.
The incident adds another bad record to the Avengers' already long list of missions that turn to catastrophes, resulting in an international decision to monitor and regulate the team's future actions. Not all the Avengers agree to this, thus splitting the group into two: Team Iron Man/Tony Stark (Robert Downey, Jr.) and Team Captain America.
During the signing of the so-called Sokovia Accords agreement, the place is bombed by terrorists, with Bucky the main suspect. The disagreement between Stark and Rogers further escalates as the latter is not convinced that Bucky was the culprit. Little do they know that the whole thing was a setup and the Avengers are about to face a very different challenge – the most difficult they will ever face as a team.
Starting with the Avengers' fight scene in Lagos, the no-nonsense movie is full of action throughout. Throw in a convincing storyline, amazing cast (including Paul Rudd's Ant-Man and Tom Holland's very promising debut as Spider-Man) and perfectly timed one-liners here and there, and the result is an enjoyably balanced and entertaining film for youth as well as adults. (kes)
