After leading a superhero team into battle in The Avengers, Captain America needed a worthy sequel to keep his story moving forward in a satisfying way. Captain America: The Winter Soldier not only gave the patriotic hero a solid, action-packed film that firmly established his presence in the present day, but it also delivered intriguing story beats like the dissolution of S.H.I.E.L.D. or introduction of HYDRA that reverberated across multiple subsequent Marvel Cinematic Universe films.
More of a spy-thriller than a traditional superhero caper, the film sees Steve Rogers come to blows with his former sidekick, Bucky Barnes, who is now being manipulated and used as a global assassin by HYDRA under the name the Winter Soldier. The movie does a great job exploring Captain America and Bucky’s past, making us empathize with the twisted killer at the film’s center, and also further develops the intimate relationship between Steve Rogers and Natasha Romanoff. The film has the tightest script, never lingering too long on a single sequence, and the best fight choreography out of the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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A new trailer will soon be coming!
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The cast continues to grow!
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