Captain America is at it once again in his second solo movie, which exceeds the first on several points. This is one of the few film series where the sequel can build on from the original. Even though the events take place after the Battle of New York in The Avengers, we really continue to see how Captain Rogers is adjusting to 21st-century life. But he is called again to rescue a S.H.I.E.L.D. ship taken hostage. Soon afterward he begins to suspect Director Nick Fury is hiding something. Then Nick is attacked and is forced to hide in Captain’s apartment before getting shot for real by the mysterious Winter Soldier. With Fury dead, Captain Rogers has only Agent Natasha Romanoff and Sam Wilson as the people he can trust despite Fury’s last order to not trust anyone. They discover that the former Nazi group HYDRA has resurfaced and have been infiltrating S.H.I.E.L.D. from the very beginning. In an ultimate fight, Rogers manages to damask the Winter Soldier to discover that, surprise, it’s Sergeant James “Bucky” Barnes. Bucky was Rogers’ friend and comrade in his team to take down the Red Skull, but he fell from a train on a snowy mountain during a mission. But we didn’t know that Johan Schmidt’s lackey henchman, Dr. Zola, was able to rescue him and give him powers similar to Steve Rogers.
Rogers and Romanoff are arrested by S.H.I.E.L.D./HYDRA but are saved by, surprise, Agent Robin Scherbatsky. She then takes them to a secret location to find that, sur—oh forget it—Nick is still alive. Rogers helps devise a plan to take down S.H.I.E.L.D. for good.
Okay, was this movie trying to set up Natasha and Steve? The running joke in this film is that she keeps suggesting available women for Steve to date, including one hot nurse that is actually a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent assigned to watch and protect him. But Steve saves Natasha twice from a bomb blast, they banter like a secret couple they didn’t know they were, and Natasha seemed almost delighted they she was Steve’s first kiss in 75 years. I bet her inner girl is squealing with delight and fireworks are going off.
The only Easter egg I was able to pick up in any of these movies was when Agent Sitwell mentions enemies of Dr. Zola, including Dr. Banner and a mysterious Stephen Strange. Hmm.
After seeing him in Indecent Proposal, Robert Redford made an excellent bad guy, and he looked so cool doing it. I think he may be the best Marvel villain ever. So far.
This is the Falcon’s first appearance in the MCU, and it’s starting to get frustrating how many superheroes aren’t actually super. Iron Man is a billionaire genius who built an indestructible suit, Black Widow is a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent relying on an array of weapons and hand-to-hand combat, Hawkeye is a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent who is basically Katniss’ distant cousin, Falcon uses a grounded military program to fly and get visuals from the air. The only real superheroes are Captain America, who got his strength from an experimental serum that went right, The Incredible Hulk, who got his strength from an experiment that went wrong, and Thor, who is a f*cking god (or not, as we discussed last week).
Nine movies in, is Nick Fury a superhero? Or is he some guy the great Samuel L. motherf*cking Jackson was forced to play? All he does is read from an imaginary script that does not scream Samuel L. motherf*cking Jackson. I understand at one point Nick Fury was white, but when you cast someone else in a role, you got to write lines that will sound natural coming from the actor or actress. You got the guy who double dared someone to say “what” and the guy who pointed a gun at the Abomination from The Incredible Hulk, and you got him saying the whitest lines on earth.
The Captain America storyline may be the only success Marvel has ever done outside the Avengers team movies. They pack more exciting action and a more wholesome storyline that makes Steve Rogers grounded and relatable.
I forgot to discuss the impact of The Dark World. After the success of The Avengers, we are having a hard time finding anything to at least match that success. Iron Man 3 failed and The Dark World failed. How can we be expected to take this seriously because we've only had three good movies? This movie changes the game by being the first good movie since The Avengers. I haven't had this much fun since rewatching the original Star Wars trilogy. I can't wait to see more of Cap.
I forgot to discuss the impact of The Dark World. After the success of The Avengers, we are having a hard time finding anything to at least match that success. Iron Man 3 failed and The Dark World failed. How can we be expected to take this seriously because we've only had three good movies? This movie changes the game by being the first good movie since The Avengers. I haven't had this much fun since rewatching the original Star Wars trilogy. I can't wait to see more of Cap.
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Released On: April 4, 2014
Rating: PG-13
Stars: Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Redford, Sebastian Stan
Director: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 89% Certified Fresh
IMDb Score: 7.9/10
Awards
Academy Awards
- Best Visual Effects Dan DeLeeuw, Russell Earl, Bryan Grill & Dan Sudick - Nominated
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