captain America: Civil War Review
Captain America: Civil War, the 3rd offering of the 2nd best comic book movie trilogy ever (fight me) deserves a lot of the same praise for action choreography rightfully heaped upon The Winter Soldier. There’s something about seeing Cap and Bucky go hand to hand, as allies or foes, that never gets old. Their hits hit different. Cap/Buck versus Iron Man was equal parts exhilarating and hard to watch. I’m firmly team Cap and knowingly outvoted in finding Downey’s Iron Man irritating but the film forces me to care for Tony more than I thought I could. No punches were pulled in the climactic triple threat of hero versus hero versus hero. We understand why. The action is persistent, serves the plot and would stand out even in the absence of that airport scene – truly remarkable for a film in the MCU. Marvel has to keep finding ways to outdo itself from an action set piece standpoint and this film ups the ante admirably. There are grumblings that Chris Evans may return triumphantly as Captain America. This comes as a surprise after the satisfying and infinitely meme-able conclusion to his arc in Avengers: Endgame. While I’m excited to see whether it is The Falcon or Bucky or take up the mantle, Evans owns this role and if he wants to return I will welcome him with open arms. Perhaps my cynicism is showing but it wouldn’t be a stretch for the fuss about an Evans return to be (brilliantly) shrewd marketing for the upcoming The Falcon and The Winter Soldier Disney+ show.