The 13th installment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), "Captain America: Civil War," surely didn’t disappoint. "Civil War" presented a rarely seen standpoint of humanity in a world that frankly lacks mundane traits. The action scenes were, least to say, jaw-dropping, packed with thrilling and dynamic fight scenes that left most of all craving for a little bit more. The Russo brothers truly composed a stellar interpretation of the script and comic book while still leaving an imprint of originality.
Moving forward, the film revolved around the politics and social issues derived from collateral damage. The first instance where we encounter this in this film was with the homicide attempt by Crossbones towards Captain America in Logos, Nigeria. Crossbones committed suicide by detonating a strap bomb which was contained by Wanda Maximoff saving most of the people in the area. However, due to a lack of training, Wanda couldn’t propel the blast long enough to not affect the people in the area. As a result, civilian casualties occurred in a nearby building, including officials from Wakanda.
The media soon took notice and an outrage of severe comments began to surge against Wanda. Overall the event was immediately taken into account by the world's powers of the UN and so the Sokovina Accords came to be. One of the most crucial men of the accords was King T’Chaka. Of Wakanda. The Accords were set out to heavily regulated the Avengers and their activities to minimize of each mission’s collateral damage. Untimely this document divided the Avengers into two sides, those who supported the signature of the Accords (Iron Man) and those who fought against it (Captain America).
Delving deeper into the issue, this division wasn’t just caused by the signatures of the Accords but for personal humane ideals. In the case of Tony Stark (Iron Man), his support for the Accords was clarified by the meeting of an African-American woman in a college presentation. There, she revealed that her son had died in Sokovina where the Avengers had fought Ultron and completely leveled the city. This left Stark flabbergasted since he never made the connection that his actions ultimately had consequences.
On the other hand, Captain Rogers epiphany occurred at the funeral of Peggy Carter. Specifically, it is the eulogy given by Agent 13 also known as Sharon Carter. Her powerful words of perseverance, true self-identity, and care allowed Captain Rogers to decide against the Accords. Even though, he was fully aware of the effect that his actions had caused, he truly understood at that moment, that if no intervention had occurred those numbers of casualties would have been exponentially higher. This enthralling tension immersed viewers into a frenzy of thoughts, imagine how every would be finalized in the end.
The major perks of this film was most definitely the addition of new characters into the mixed. My personal favorites were Ant-Man and Spider-Man. Their dorky comments mixed with outright hilarious scenes just summaries my satisfaction with their inclusion. One particular scene, that left me hysterically laughing was the airport fight where Ant-Men infiltrated the Iron-Man suit. He proceeds to tear down some of its weapon systems and jokingly posed as if he was Stark’s conscious speaking directly to him. Next up, Spider-Man was least to say, spectacular because he simply plays his part. Unlike everyone else, Peter Parker is just a teen from Queens with enhanced abilities that completely whomped ass.
One of the least enjoyable aspects of this film was the main Villain Zeno. Zeno least to say was not a vital character to the film. Yes, I must agree, that his existence was symbolic of the collateral damage as his own family was slaughter in the incident of Sokovina. I just wished his presences was used more effectively other than showing Iron Man the VCR of his parent's death by the hands of the Winter Soldier, Bucky. This whole last scene could have been tailor specifically for Iron Man remorse, Captain America's loyalty and Zeno vengeance to converge into an epic finality. By no means was I displease by the finality after all I was always on the team Cap, but I do agree that Zeno would have had a stronger impact towards the storyline. Only for this reason would I give this film a 97 percent.
