Captain America 3: Civil War

Possibly the best film so far in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. You literally get everything a comic book feature length asks for. It has bone crunching fight scenes, explosions and even a little bit of romance.

Things all start when Crossbones, (The guy who had a fight with falcon in CA 2) is trying to steal a bio-hazardous weapon. The newly formed Avengers, Cap, Black Widow, Scarlet Witch and Falcon storm the building and managed to stop the weapon getting stolen. However, predictably there is a lot of collateral damage.

The world decide they have had enough and the United Nations want someone to be held accountable for all the damage the Avengers have done over the past years. They create the Sokovia Accords. Which is a registration for everyone who is ‘enhanced.’ Robert Downey Jnr plays a more downbeat Iron Man who is struggling to cope with the collateral loss he has caused. So he is more than willing to sign up. Cap on the other hand is worried about the agenda of some people, he believes that whilst they are signed up, they will be in someone else’s control which means they can be controlled and used for the wrong reasons. It all sounds very noble and patriotic, but it’s also a bit naïve really. 

  

But after one half of the group don’t sign up things become a bit tense. They are then made even worse, when Bucky Barnes is framed for an attack on the United Nations, which means everyone is after him. Cap is trying to help him, whilst the others are trying to hunt him down. Things hardly go swimmingly and the group find themselves at cross-roads as Cap and the Winter Soldier must escape. The fight scene between six heroes is something rather spectacular. The introduction of Spider-Man is brilliant and Tom Holland nails the character. Paul Rudd as Ant-Man also manages to bring humour to the whole thing and makes it a more entertaining boxing match. Both Cap and Iron Man have good points when it comes to choosing a side and whether or not they should sign, which hardly makes one side good and one side bad.

Despite the title being Civil War, there is still a protagonist in the film. Zemo is the man behind the scenes pulling the strings and setting the Avengers against each other. Who needs a big thumping villain when you can have Iron Man vs Captain America, Hawkeye vs Black Widow, Vision vs Scarlet Witch or Spider-Man vs Ant-Man.

Arguably Marvels best ever film. There I said it. As Marvel keep churning out more merchandise, more PlayStation games even an Thor gets a casino game, let’s just hope they keep making good films.  

My Rating: 9/10

Directors: Shane Black     Cast: Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jnr, Scarlett Johansson, Anthony Mackie, Paul Rudd, Sebastian Stan