Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Chris Evans | ... | Steve Rogers / Captain America | |
Robert Downey Jr. | ... | Tony Stark / Iron Man | |
Scarlett Johansson | ... | Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow | |
Sebastian Stan | ... | Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier | |
Anthony Mackie | ... | Sam Wilson / Falcon | |
Don Cheadle | ... | Lieutenant James Rhodes / War Machine | |
Jeremy Renner | ... | Clint Barton / Hawkeye | |
Chadwick Boseman | ... | T'Challa / Black Panther | |
Paul Bettany | ... | Vision | |
Elizabeth Olsen | ... | Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch | |
Paul Rudd | ... | Scott Lang / Ant-Man | |
Emily VanCamp | ... | Sharon Carter (as Emily Vancamp) | |
Tom Holland | ... | Peter Parker / Spider-Man | |
Daniel Brühl | ... | Zemo | |
Frank Grillo | ... | Brock Rumlow / Crossbones |
With many people fearing the actions of super heroes, the government decides to push for the Hero Registration Act, a law that limits a hero's actions. This results in a division in The Avengers. Iron Man stands with this Act, claiming that their actions must be kept in check otherwise cities will continue to be destroyed, but Captain America feels that saving the world is daring enough and that they cannot rely on the government to protect the world. This escalates into an all-out war between Team Iron Man (Iron Man, Black Panther, Vision, Black Widow, War Machine, and Spider-Man) and Team Captain America (Captain America, Bucky Barnes, Falcon, Scarlet Witch, Hawkeye, and Ant Man) while a new villain emerges. Written by RespectTheHyphen
I'm going to be honest in saying that over the past few months, I've slowly become bored with the constant superhero releases, the current box office seems rife with them, not that that's a bad thing, it's just a tad repetitive. But then there's the Captain America series of the MCU films which seem to venture away from the typical action-packed, over-the-top aesthetics of other superhero films and instead focus more on the drama, the plot, the characters, and instead form a thriller in the style of 'The Manchurian Candidate' or the 'Bourne' films.
Personally I was a huge fan of 'The Winter Soldier', abandoning the action to instead create a political thriller was a fantastic idea, and it seems that the Russo's have yet again gone down a similar route in creating a more complex film (that does unfortunately contain plot holes here and there) that instead leaves the audience thinking rather than just presenting mindless action, however 'Civil War' is definitely more "actiony" than 'Winter Soldier' was, and unfortunately I dislike the overuse of CGI which this film does contain, but thankfully the interwoven smart plot allowed for some material that'll hopefully be an influence towards other superhero movies, to actually create clever content instead of dumbed-down footage. Definitely one of the stronger Marvel films!