Captain
America returns in this sequel to brighten the silver screen once again. Marvel has found a niche in the movie going
experience that is beginning to line their pockets very nicely. And even better than that, it is a niche that
is fairly fresh and not completely outdated or overdone. Not yet anyway. The Captain returns with a fresh new set of
problems. He doesn’t know what to do
with himself in this new era of human history.
It seems that life isn’t as black and white as it was during WWII. He now faces moral dilemmas, as well as
enemies both foreign and domestic. What
is a super soldier to do?
In the sequel
we get to see a spattering of the Marvel heroes including the Black Widow and
Nick Fury, and of course seeing, as all the bad guys were killed off in the last
movie, there are new bad guys, or are there? An addition to the story line is
the Falcon. Although the Falcon is a
dumbed down version of Iron man, he does throw a little bit of a dynamic into
the mix. And thankfully here Marvel
doesn’t inundate the viewer with more superhero than they can keep up
with. There are some interesting twists to the story
line. Some are completely expected and
others not so much so. It is an action
flick after all. Amazingly we get to see
more of Nick Fury in this movie than in any of the other Avenger movies. It helps
to be a fan of Samuel L. Jackson.
There is a
lighter tone at times and even though the movie starts out at a fairly good
pace it does slow down to try to get the backstory and future cast into
place. Seems like a necessary evil in
movies these days. Overall the flow of the
movie is in the right direction. The
pace other than a little bit of a brief slow respite in the “near” beginning
stays fairly constant. The banter
between Captain America and Black Widow throws a humorous touch and even maybe
a hint of a future love interest, who knows for sure how that will end up. There are a lot of explosions and a lot of
gunfire. Also we get to see Cap throwing
his shield around and having it bounce around and boomerang right back to
him. There is a lot of violence but true
to the PG-13 rating not much blood and not a lot of language.
I would recommend
this one to anyone that is interested in the whole Avengers universe. It adds another chapter to the story and
continues the story line fairly well. If
you like action movies, high levels of CGI, big explosions, super hero movies
and fighting scenes, then you can’t go wrong with this one. If you are looking for the next IFC classic
or for a romantic dinner date than you should probably go back and look at the
choices you have made in life. I don’t
recommend this for the smaller children; the loud noises and violence may be
overwhelming. I would say 8-9 year old
children especially the boys would appreciate this one, and adults can have fun
with it as well.
