As Steve Rogers struggles to embrace his role in the modern world, he
teams up with another super soldier, the black widow, to battle a new
threat from old history: an assassin known as the Winter Soldier.
Directors:
Anthony Russo,
Joe Russo
Writers:
Christopher Markus (screenplay),
Stephen McFeely
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 becomes 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.
Written by
Kenneth Chisholm (kchishol@rogers.com)
User Reviews
When
Fury(L. Jackson, tough as usual, for him and these) is attacked by an
unknown enemy, the Captain(Evans, will of steel, heart of gold) and
Black Widow(Johansson, sultry and devious – this uses her right,
finally) find themselves(they have a great chemistry, with a charming
running gag of her wanting to pair him up with a girl, going through a
list of ones they both know; and with his straightforward nature, and
her relative lack of integrity, they both affect the other towards them,
benefiting both) with no one else to trust, except perhaps the veteran
Falcon(Mackie, amiable), as they uncover a genuinely devastating truth,
while on the run from a considerable force – including the elusive
assassin, The Winter Soldier(Stan, terrifying, pure awesome pretty much
every second he's on screen).
This is just short of the level of
The Avengers. It uses the strong continuity of the cinematic Marvel(as
in, their own studio) universe better than any of the others, and does
justice to many different elements, most of them set up prior to this.
Events occur in this that will have serious consequences for future
entries. The plot-driven nature and approach of a 70's political
thriller(where some characters, all credible and with something to do,
happen to wear a flag or the like) in a contemporary setting and with
biting satire(on foreign policy, something not entirely new to these,
but never before this sharp… commenting on mass surveillance and
executions taking place before any trial against the (supposed)
perpetrator) is spot-on. From a 40's war flick, with heroism and defined
lines between good and evil, to the modern method of taking on the
opposition – with spying, and questionable tactics(compared to one army
versus another).
