Run Time: 146 min
Captain America: Civil War is a new superhero film
and the thirteenth installment in the wildly successful Marvel Cinematic
Universe. This marks the beginning of “Phase 3” for the franchise as well as
the completion of the Captain America trilogy. Anthony and Joe Russo
return as directors once more, following their debut with 2014s The Winter
Soldier. Anyways, this highly anticipated blockbuster features all of the
heroes that we have grown to love over the course of the series with the
exceptions of Thor, Hulk and the Guardians of the Galaxy, who are yet to
officially meet with the rest of the characters. There are also a few new
additions including Tom Holland as Spider-Man and Chadwick Boseman as the Black
Panther.
Taking place roughly a year after the events of 2015s Age
of Ultron, the world is now torn on the powers of all of these different
superheroes, largely due to the destruction that they have caused over the years.
The government now looks to put forth the Anti-Hero Registration Act, which
would basically allow the authorities to decide when the services of the
Avengers are needed. We soon find out that Team Iron Man (Iron Man, Black
Widow, War Machine, Vision, Black Panther and Spiderman) are all for this,
while Team Captain America (Captain America, Falcon, Scarlet Witch, The Winter
Soldier, Hawkeye and Ant-Man) hold the opposing viewpoint, leading to a “civil
war” between all of these superheroes.
This is the second time that we have seen two big names
go head to head this year, and I truly think that Civil War is the
superior of the two. No offense to DC Comics and the great things they did with
Batman v Superman, but Marvel simply topped them on this one. Yes,
Marvel had the advantage of twelve movies in the franchise already, but they
brought everything to a whole new level with this movie. The emotional build up
to the battle was perfectly executed and we were also introduced to a few
awesome new characters with Black Panther and Spider-Man along the way. To no
surprise, the visuals were simply outstanding and this is absolutely some of
the best action I’ve ever seen in a film. With everything that Civil War accomplished,
this stands just behind The Dark Knight on my list of the greatest comic
book films ever made.
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