As Steve Rogers struggles to embrace his role in the modern world, he
teams up with another super soldier, the Black Widow, to battle a new
threat from history: an assassin known as the Winter Soldier.
Directors: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
Writers: Christopher Markus (screenplay), Stephen McFeely (screenplay), 2 more credits »
Stars: Chris Evans, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson | See full cast and crew »
Storyline
For Steve Rogers, awakening after decades of suspended animation involves more than catching up on pop culture; it also means that this old school idealist must face a world of subtler threats and difficult moral complexities. That becomes clear when Director Nick Fury is killed by the mysterious assassin, the Winter Soldier, but not before warning Rogers that SHIELD has been subverted by its enemies. When Rogers acts on Fury's warning to trust no one there, he is branded as a traitor by the organization. Now a fugitive, Captain America must get to the bottom of this deadly mystery with the help of the Black Widow and his new friend, The Falcon. However, the battle will be costly for the Sentinel of Liberty, with Rogers finding enemies where he least expects them while learning that the Winter Soldier looks disturbingly familiar.User Reviews
Marvel showed pretty
clearly in Iron Man 3 that they are not afraid to take risk, bend comic
stories and venture into unknown territories. I was pleasantly surprised
by Captain America : The Winter Soldier because Marvel is able to do
surprise audience like never before. This movie has mostly everything a
fan could ask for. A political drama, conspiracy theories, Chris Evans
portrayal of a "out of his time" superhero who is trying to blend in
with the world and thinks that "Internet is helpful", typical Marvel's
laugh out loud moments and above all some mesmerizing action sequences.
Threat in this movie is not as big as the one in Thor :The Dark World
since only our tiny planet is at stake rather than entire 9 realms with
imaginative difficult to pronounce names, but thanks to some very smart
blend of direction, acting and close to perfect background scores,
threat seems to be much bigger and more importantly, real this time. You
actually care for the fate of entire planet and characters. You do come
face to face with the full potential of SHIELD and its structure, its
influence on world politics and when the actual villain is revealed, you
just cannot hide your excitement. SHIELD acts as a central character in
the movie and shows itself to be far bigger and complex than what we
suspected after watching all the Marvel offerings. There is Nick Fury as
usual hiding secrets, keeping secrets and digging secrets but watching
him vulnerable in this movie is much better than watching him acting all
almighty in Avengers. Chris Evans shine in this role and I can imagine
he won't be at the bottom of favorite Avengers list after this movie.
His portrayal of Captain America is near perfect. Scarlett Johansson is a
surprise package in the film portraying Black Widow character. She gets
ample screen time presence this time, even in scenes where she is not
kicking someone. It is actually the first time we learn something about
Black Widow, duplicity in her character just adds tension to the already
built suspense in the movie. Sebastian Stan is good in his portrayal of
winter soldier. He is a perfect nemesis to Captain America in the
movie. I bet you haven't seen such creative combat scenes between these
two ever before. Action here is not as loud as Thor movies, it is more
real, every bullet which find its target hurts, every punch delivered
matters, it is so enjoyable to watch just because it is so real. I wish I
could write about some more characters but that will be giving away
some key points. Please be assured there are some great character
comebacks, some you expected, some you didn't. I was a little let down
by the climax of the film by its simplicity after the real motive of the
real villain is revealed, but of course you have to remember its a
Marvel film, there doesn't exist any situation alien/political/social
which can't be solved by few explosions and kicks. Overall it's a highly
entertaining film from Marvel, I will put it behind only Avengers and
first Iron Man, this movie deserves your weekend. And of course it goes
without saying, don't dare to leave your seats until last credits have
rolled out, you have probably all heard the rumors about Joss Whedon
directing the end credit scene. Yes it is awesome and offers an insight
into the next Avengers movie.
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