Captain America alias Steve Rogers is part of S.H.I.E.L.D., the revolutionary espionage and law-enforcement agency. When he finds out that a team member is assigned to a parallel mission during an operation that he commands, he confronts the S.H.I.E.L.D. director Nick Fury. When the director himself says he doesn’t trust S.H.I.E.L.D. & is immediately assassinated by the mysterious Winter Soldier, it is up to Captain America to dig deep and save the day.
Language:
English
Running Time:
136 min
Rating:
PG-13
Release date:
4 April 2014
Directed by:
Anthony Russo
Joe Russo
Produced by:
Kevin Feige
Written by:
Christopher Markus
Stephen McFeely
Based on:
Captain America
by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby
Starring:
Chris Evans
Scarlett Johansson
Sebastian Stan
Anthony Mackie
Cobie Smulders
Music by:
Henry Jackman
Shot by:
Trent Opaloch
Editing by:
Jeffrey Ford
Distributed by:
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

What’s Hot

  • Being a superhero film, one can generally expect an overdose of lame action scenes. However, the audience are treated to High-quality spectacularly choreographed action sequences that not only focusses on just the protagonist but also the supporting actors and the prime antagonist.
  • The pulsating background score sets the tone for the high-octane action sequences and its credit to Henry Jackman for maintaining the thrill throughout with his score.
  • Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan & Anthony Mackie have their macho moments delivering some nice lines sporadically but the veterans, Samuel L. Jackson & Robert Redford score over them with ease using their smashing screen presence and voice modulation.
  • The screenplay from Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely is effective and delivers old-school- combat and intriguing suspense reducing the CGI dependency that is prevalent in most of the action flicks these days. Particularly, the scene where Captain America and Black Widow encounter the supercomputer containing the preserved consciousness of super-villain Zola is sensational.

What’s Not

  • The film peters out predictably in the end with an air of inevitability. There could have been a lot more done with the confrontation between Captain America and the Winter Soldier, but the makers have chosen to reserve it for the sequel.

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Verdict

Verdict Stamp

An entertaining sequel that redefines the comic-book genre breaking free of familiar Superhero clichés and turns into a conspiracy-espionage-action-thriller making it one of the best Marvel movies to date.