Review of Captain America: Civil War (2016) by Antonio C — 16 Jan 2018

Marvel's "Captain America: Civil War" is not an Avengers movie. Just because of the amount of heroes in this film doesn't have to automatically mean that this should be called "Avengers: Civil War".

The reason why this is a Cap movie is because of his struggle to protect his best friend, Bucky. Yes, the accords are taking place, and yes there are mixed opinions. Not to mention, every fight scene Cap partakes in also includes other heroes to back him up. If this was really a "Civil War" this wouldn't be a Cap movie. The only real reason it's called "Civil War" is because it correlates with the accords. Cap doesn't want to give up his best friend back in the days of World War II no matter who or what comes in his way. The final battle is not because oft the accords, it's because of the government wanting Bucky for his manipulated actions, when deep down, Cap knows that Bucky didn't do anything. However, he has nothing to prove. The 5 Winter Soldier event also had a part in the fight between the two factions. Cap's team knew about Zemo's manipulation, and founded out that his plan was to unleash the soldiers.

Zemo, is probably one of my favorite Main Antagonists in any of the Marvel films. His motivation is good, his plan is good, and he's just a smart guy. Once Cap, Iron Man, and Bucky went to battle the soldiers, a twist is revealed that Zemo really just brought them here not to kill soldiers, but each other. The big reveal happens, and that's when Avengers are truly torn apart.

The things that aren't so good in this movie is plot-holes involving Zemo's plan. To counteract that argument, though, he did say he is very patient and took the time to study each Avenger. Spider-Man didn't need to be in this movie, but I quite liked him.