'Captain America: Civil War' - Movie Review

Captain America Civil WarUA Action Adventure SciFiDirectors Anthony Russo Joe RussoCast Chris Evans Robert Downey Jr Scarlett Johansson Sebastian Stan Jeremy Renner Chadwick Boseman Anthony Mackie Paul Bettany Elizabeth Olsen Paul Rudd Tom HollandRatingCaptain America Civil War movie poster PicSanta BantaA new set of Avengers ideological differences caused by unwitting collateral damage leading to groupism and a civil war within the team make this Captain America sequel a Marvel rendition worthy of its comic traditionThe team is forced to pick sides when world leaders intervene after a bizarre rescue mission ends with several civilian casualties in Lagos Tony Stark aka Iron Man Robert Downey Jr pressures Steve Rogers aka Captain America Chris Evans to accept the arrangement that puts a UN panel in control of all their future missions But Cap is unwilling to sign Their disagreement eventually escalates into allout war when Caps old friend Bucky Barnes aka Winter Soldier Sebastian Stan a brainwashed assassin is blamed for the catastrophe Former Avengers like Black Widow Scarlett Johansson Hawkeye Jeremy Renner Scarlet Witch Elizabeth Olsen War Machine Don Cheadle Falcon Anthony Mackie and Vision Paul Bettany return to take warring positions against each other while new entrants AntMan Paul Rudd powerful African prince Black Panther Chadwick Boseman and a younger incarnation of SpiderMan Tom Holland fill up the rear ends of the warring factionsThis latest brand extension of the Marvel Universe cross pollinates between action franchises to cause up a stir that is exciting reverential significantly coherent and interestingly poised It also has its special doses of wit and vigor The action is thrillingly furnished and the clarity and appropriate clearcut spatial separations in CGI makes it a cool and exciting visual adventure This film also raises questions about violence and unfettered superheroics vigilantism And it uses individual bereavements to push for worldwide controls on rescuemission action Its of course just another way of making the pathways much more difficult and potentially minefield ridden for the superheroes The film grows on from previous Avenger outings while adding on new entrants like Black Panther and a teen SpidermanJudianna Makovskys superhero outfit creations are just marvelous and the redblue colour divide between warring avenger factions makes it a nuanced coding Trent Opalochs camerawork shows great dynamism and energy in capturing spectacular setups and skirmishes The sequence at Leipzig airport is the piecederesistance of the movie The Russo duo make the action gravity defiant and exciting without spilling much blood Even though there are one too many Avengers in the film you dont get the feeling that its an overload Some do get shortshirted in the effort to stay coherent though The attempt is clearly to go one better on the previous one and this one scores marginally over the darkly inclined Batman V Superman The lighter vein is infectious and the balance between darkness and light is uplifting There might be no great depth in the storytelling though Nevertheless this is kickass stuff and will keep the fans in high spirits till the next engagement is worked out