Captain America : Civil War [2016]

Language - English
Director - Anthony and Joe Russo
Run Time - 2 hours, 27 minutes
Genre - Action/Drama
Starring - Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johannson, Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Don Cheadle, Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Olsen and Daniel Bruhl.

Oh boy, do the Russo brothers know how to make superhero movies. After the Winter Soldier, everyone believed them to be a one film wonder, but they washed away all their critics with this gem of a movie. I am so relieved to say that the next Avengers movies - yes 'Infinity War 1 & 2' is going to be by them.

This was probably one of the most anticipated movies of this year, and like always (or you could say 90% of the times), Marvel does not disappoint. Marvel has built their entire cinematic universe so meticulously and diligently laying out each movie as a part of the bigger puzzle, it's extraordinary.

Civil War follows on the incidents of the previous movies where considerable property damage, as well as human lives, were lost in New York, Washington, and Sokovia because of the actions of superheroes. An incident that occurs in Nigeria, which leads to the death of several Wakandians provided the spark to the fire. There is a call for superheroes to get registered and work in tandem with the government. This leads to a split in the team with Cap and Stark on different sides. At a UN conference to get all nations to sign this law - 'Sokovia Accords, there is an apparent bombing by the Winter Soldier, thus further aggravating ties between Cap and Iron Man and leading to an all out war. Little does everybody know there's someone else pulling the strings.

The movie is made brilliantly, starting off slowly and picking up pace as the story goes on. The Russo brothers like to have a story element to the movie rather than having an all out action packed movie - which is why their movies stand out from the rest.

And what a cast this movie has. Apart from the regular players they've also added Daniel Bruhl (Helmut Zemo), Chadwick Boseman (Black Panther), Tom Holland (Spiderman) and Martin Freeman (Everett Ross) to the MCU. One can hardly fail with a cast so talented.

The action sequences are so well shot and amazing played out. It seems something straight out of the comics (albeit with lesser heroes; Civil War in comics had 100 heroes and villains against each other). The FX was on point. Also, the soundtrack by Henry Jackman was spot on, Well there can only be one Hans Zimmer, but nonetheless, Jackman got it almost perfect.

This movie, I think is the start of a line of serious films up for Marvel, and it leads the change brilliantly. A mature, yet entertaining; thought-provoking film about collateral damage and friendship and trust - it does focus on real-world issues.

Irrelevant, but I had a tiny bit of disappointment when Cap does not die like he does in the comics.

Also, loved the cameo of Peter Parker. It added some humour to the otherwise serious movie.

One should not miss this film. It's a movie everyone shall enjoy.

My Rating - 8.7/10