Captain America: Civil War
With so many superheroes to choose from, Captain America: Civil War is a veritable Marvel smorgasbord. Most of it goes down easy, although the film is too much of what is, at best, a pretty good thing. The advantage of having all these Marvel characters in the same movie is that, if one subplot is not working, another, possibly better, one is sure to follow.
The story line centers on who should have control of the superpowered themselves, or the governments of the world. At odds are Captain America (Chris Evans), who bristles at any world oversight, and Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), who begs to differ. Choosing up sides is everybody from Scarlett Johanssons Black Widow to Paul Rudds Ant-Man. Even Spider-Man, looking distinctly boyish as played by Tom Holland, gets into the act. The films funniest moments come when Spidey, ever the fanboy, must square off against a few of his icons.
The action, directed by Joe and Anthony Russo, is thuddingly effective without being terribly imaginative, but at least its not in the clobber-the-audience Transformers category. Downey Jr. persists in trying to give a real performance in these Marvel movies, and, against all odds, succeeds.
Source: www.csmonitor.com
