Review of Captain America: Civil War (2016) by Cigs J — 13 Nov 2016

Directors: Anthony and Joe Russo.

"Who would win in a fight superhero A or superhero B" is an amusing bit of banter over a drink or two. Well this is the idea behind Civil War. Assemble a whole menagerie of Marvel superheroes from Iron Man to Ant Man, chuck in some new ones - Black Panther and a re-booted young spiderman, then split them into two teams and have at it.

The excuse for this is the world's governments have decided that the sheer collateral damage caused by previous battles is no longer acceptable - dropping a city from the air tends to cause a few casualties and deaths. So from now on, they must obey the diktat of an UN committee. Half of them accept and the other half don't.

Then the set piece mayhem begins as they slug it out. It's made light by the constant banter flowing back and forth. It is a slick, superior action blockbuster - one for the movie collection for seeing again at some point.