Captain America: Civil War
Captain America: Civil War is the thirteenth instalment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the second of this year’s “they fight for a bit then they’re mates” superhero movies, after Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. This is a 100% spoiler free review so rest assured that this won’t ruin the movie for you.
The Avengers are divided over legislation allowing government intervention from the United Nations, meaning that they would only be able to act as heroes when they are called upon to do so. After reflecting upon the civilian casualties from previous Avengers outings and the hand he’s had in causing those events, Tony Stark (Iron man) is all for the plans. Steve Rogers (Captain America) however, thinks the world is best protected by the Avengers acting autonomously without interference from organisations with their own motives. Bucky Barnes (The Winter Soldier) then comes into play and complicates matters on both sides of the debate, stretching Tony and Cap’s friendship, forcing the two heroes into recruiting their own teams to go head to head.
Things the movie does well

With all that said to pull off good action sequences you need high stakes and Civil War really does ramp them up and deliver. During these scenes you will feel more invested in these characters than you did in either Avengers film. Watching two people go toe to toe is much more captivating than seeing Thor smash some Ultron robots with a hammer for 20 minutes.

If you’re worrying that Civil War will be lacking in humour without the usual Tony “it’s the way I tell em’” Stark, then you don’t have to look far for the comic relief either. Both Ant-man (Paul Rudd) and our brand new web slinger, Spider-man (Tom Holland) absolutely nail it, producing bigger laughs than the idea of Hawkeye going up against the Hulk. Holland’s performance has made me really excited for his first solo outing in 2017’s Spider-man Homecoming. Alongside Spider-Man all the other new characters, including Black Panther are given their own introduction which only adds to the story always feeling appropriate and never forced.
Things this movie could have done better

All in all this is certainly one of the strongest movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, possibly only rivalled by Guardians of the Galaxy and The Winter Soldier. There is both a mid-credits and post-credit scene so be sure to stick around right until the end, or don’t. Whatever. I’m not the boss of you, live your life.
Solid 9.0/10 or 38 thumbs up, I don’t know how to rate movies.
David Burd / @yourpaldavid
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