Steve Rogers rehabilitation into modern society involves more than catchup up on the latest music, as his idealist mindset struggles to get onboard with the moral complexitites that drive S.H.I.E.L.D's war on international terrorism. When Shield Director Nick Funy is killed by a mysterious assassin, Rogers learns that the organization itself has been compromised by its enemies. Unable to trust anyone, Rogers is branded a traitor by the organization, intent on discovery the mystery behind shield with the help of Black Widow. Captain America: The Winter Soldier is a strong addition to the Marvel film canon which brings a hefty dose of escapism with a side of intelligence. At its best Captain America is a film that wants to look at the moral complexities of war, examining the toll it has both on the innocent, and the soldiers themselves who fight in it. It doesn't shy away from capturing the post-9/11 world we live in where murky decisions and ugly-tradeoffs don't exactly gel with Captain America's idealist mindset. The narrative of this film is well-paced, and I like how it encapsulates some of the first films ideas, but the actually mystery behind who is responsible for the betrayal is incredibly obvious. This is the first movie in the marvel universe that actually develops Nick Fury as a character, freeing him to have dimension and depth as opposed to feeling like some tacked on addition in the other movies. Outside of a bombastic finale that began to give me a bit of whiplash, the action in Captain America: Winter Soldier is relatively small compared to the headache inducing action sequences of today's superhero films. Whether it be a plot detail that feels a little silly or an action sequence that uses some wonky physics, Captain America: The Winter Soldier does require the audience to suspend their disbelief at times, but given that this is a superhero movie after all, I didn't find it all that distracting.
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June 2023
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