Captain America Civil War Movie Review: “United we stand, divided we fall” is the relentless claim that has been accompanying the release of the new Marvel Studios cinecomic Captain America: Civil War for months. One of the most anticipated titles of the year that delves deeply into the dramatic side of the Marvel universe:
if up until now we have seen the light-hearted side of the Avengers, now prepare for War! After the construction of the Avengers Facility, the new group of Avengers is always engaged in missions to safeguard the world, but in one of these missions something goes wrong and innocent people are the ones who pay the price.
This time the reaction is harsh, the events in New York and Washington and the lives that have been shattered can no longer be ignored. A sort of accommodation is thus proposed: the Sokovia Accords, a treaty that provides for the control of the Avengers by a superior body.
Tony Stark unexpectedly comes to the side of favor, seeing the Avengers increasingly out of control; on the other side, Steve Rogers sees the control by an external body as a limitation of freedom, putting the team in the hands of someone who could use it for personal gain.
To complicate things an attack on the United Nations with Bucky “Winter Soldier” Burns as a suspect and what seemed like a micro-fracture now becomes a real split: Team Cap vs Team Iron Man and nothing will ever be the same again. Let the Civil War begin.
Captain America: Civil War – An engaging film balanced between forgiveness and hate
Captain America: Civil War brings Captain Rogers back to pole position two years after The Winter Soldier, but the beauty of Joe and Anthony Russo’s film is that Civil War is first of all equipped with a surprising chirality, it’s not just Rogers against Stark but also Black Widow, Scarlet Witch, Vision, Falcon, War Machine, Hawkeye, Ant-Man, Bucky and the new entries Black Panther and Spiderman against each other ready to fight; so much, perhaps too much, meat on the fire that could have transformed the film into something heavy and confusing, if it had not been for the excellent direction of the Russo brothers, who managed the miracle of getting Civil War off the ground and keeping it high for all 150 minutes without ever letting attention drop or boring.
In addition to the action, there is a greater characterization of the characters, we see Tony Stark increasingly complex, Steve unable to adapt to the time he finds himself in, the first sparks between Wanda and Vision but above all we notice how Scarlet becomes more and more powerful to the detriment of her mental balance (to a careful eye the weaknesses are evident).
What worried fans was the entrance into the Marvel Cinematic Universe of Spiderman, masterfully played by Tom Holland, and superbly shaped by Russo, an excellent performance also by Chadwick Boseman in the role of Black Panther structurally well-defined and balanced, who we will see again soon in a film dedicated to him.
A story of Civil War that pleases and convinces, gluing the viewer to the seat and forcing him to explore the dark and gloomy side of the Avengers, a script balanced between hate and forgiveness that will overturn the Marvel universe that we know.
Captain America: Civil War – the war begins, choose which side to be on!
Captain America: Civil War is undoubtedly an engaging film, which unlike the previous ones manages to wisely mix action and a good dose of drama by analyzing the deep psychological nuances that Marvel fans know all too well, a film balanced on the thin edge of forgiveness, an overused but difficult word. A war without winners or losers, where everyone has lost something and the common name of a loved one is not enough to recreate alliances: when something breaks, you can also put the pieces back together, but the deep wound is there forever. Get ready, the Civil War begins.