Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)

Steve Rogers struggles to embrace his role in the modern world and battles a new threat from old history: the Soviet agent known as the Winter Soldier.

Directors:

Anthony Russo, Joe Russo

Writers:

Christopher Markus (screenplay), Stephen McFeely (screenplay),

Stars:

Chris Evans, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson

1 win & 9 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Chris Evans	...	Steve Rogers / Captain America
Samuel L. Jackson	...	Nick Fury
Scarlett Johansson	...	Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow
Robert Redford	...	Alexander Pierce
Sebastian Stan	...	Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier
Anthony Mackie	...	Sam Wilson / Falcon
Cobie Smulders	...	Maria Hill
Frank Grillo	...	Brock Rumlow
Maximiliano Hernández	...	Jasper Sitwell
Emily VanCamp	...	Kate / Agent 13
Hayley Atwell	...	Peggy Carter
Toby Jones	...	Dr. Arnim Zola
Stan Lee	...	Smithsonian Guard
Callan Mulvey	...	Jack Rollins
Jenny Agutter	...	Councilwoman Hawley

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 comes 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.

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Plot Keywords:

shield | soldier | apartment | helicarrier | army base | 

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Taglines:

In heroes we trust.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

4 April 2014 (Canada)

Also Known As:

Capitaine America: Le soldat de l'hiver

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$170,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$95,023,721 (USA) (4 April 2014)

Gross:

$259,746,958 (USA) (15 August 2014)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Marvel Entertainment, Marvel Studios, Perception

Technical Specs

Runtime:

136 min

Sound Mix:

Datasat Dolby Digital Dolby Atmos

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The filmmakers described the Winter Soldier as a "negative image of Captain America."

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Goofs

When Sitwell is confronted by the Falcon at the cafe he has a Hydra pin on his left jacket lapel. In the next scene while he is talking to the Captain and Black Widow on the rooftop it disappears. After he is thrown off and caught by the Falcon and thrown back on the rooftop it magically reappears.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Steve Rogers: On your left.

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Crazy Credits

There are no opening credits, and the title of the film doesn't appear until the end credits.

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Connections

Followed by Captain America 3 (2016)

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Soundtracks

It's Been A Long, Long Time
Written by Sammy Cahn & Jule Styne
Performed by Harry James and His Orchestra
Courtesy of Columbia Records
By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing

User Reviews

Marvel makes a bold move!

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.