Review of Captain America: Civil War (2016) by Andrew B — 28 Dec 2016

Movies from the Marvel Cinematic Universe franchise have always been good. Some reached the five-star level (Iron Man, The Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy), others just reached 4 1/2 stars. But this superhero landmark film is the next big thing. It's make up everything that Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice got wrong. Captain America: Civil War is not just your typical superhero movie, it's an all new generation of heroes. Civil War is probably not just the best Captain America movie, it's one of the best MCU movie yet.

Taking place after the events or Avengers: Age of Ultron. Steve Rogers/Captain America (Played by the amazing Chris Evans again), is working with his own Avengers team to stop evil doings. But the result leaves with more explosions and casualties. The Secretary of State (William Hurt), and the United Nations think it would be better if the Avengers could help save the world when they want them to help. Rogers disagrees and thinks that the Avengers should be free to defend the world without government interference, but Tony Stark/Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr., who will always be the perfect Iron Man), agrees with the Secretary of State. Let the battle begin.

Civil War feels like a third Avengers movie, but with no Thor or Hulk to bring more excitement to it. But that's ok. Thanks to the amazing directing of the Russo brothers, Anthony and Joe, who directed the previous installment, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and an amazing story by screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, who stayed with the franchise since Captain America: The First Avenger, have brought this movie to life and added some very dramatic depth to it.

It's Team Cap Vs Team Iron Man. You pick one. On The Captain's side is the marvelous Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen),the awesome Falcon (Anthony Mackie), the arrow-shooting Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner), and the hilarious and lovable Ant-Man (a never-better Paul Rudd). On Team Iron Man, he's got help from the beautiful and strong Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), his friend War Machine (Don Cheadle), Vision (Paul Bettany) and our brand new friendly neighborhood Spider-Man (a perfect performance by Tom Holland. Thanks to Holland, Spider-Man in this movie is way better than Andrew Garfield's two Spider-Man movies, but it's not close to topping Tobey Maguire's Spider-Man, yet.

We also got a new recruit on Iron Man's team. This hero deserves more praise than some heroes and his name is Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman in his best role to date after 42 and Get on Up), a.k.a T'Challa. T'Challa has a problem with Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier, (a perfect Sebastian Stan), the Captain's best friend who was brainwashed by the movie's infamous villian Zemo (Daniel Bruhl, who is coming back after his should've been Oscar-nominated performance in Rush). Steve wants Bucky to be free but Tony will stop at nothing to kill Bucky. It's one of the superhero movies you really need to see.

Thanks to the Russo Brothers, Markus, and McFeely, Civil War will remain as MCU's best for a long time. That is until all four of them finish shooting the two-part Avengers: Infinity War movies, which is said to have a total of 68 characters. But until that day comes, Captain America: Civil War will blow people right out of their seats and leaving the theater with something that will stick in their heads for a while. Civil War is one of the movies this year that you'll have fun watching.