The obligatory super-heroics and brilliant special effects combined with intrigue, tension and spectacular action make for arguably Marvel's most complete film however, a popcorn epic that manages to combine big scale thrills with a real feel for character. Include a contact of 70s conspiracy thriller and Bourne style techno-paranoia and you've got a supremely interesting movie.
Steve Rogers, aka Captain America (Chris Evans), offers already eliminated on quite a journey from weedy army reject to super-soldier, then 70 odd yrs in the heavy freeze out before becoming an alien-fighting Avenger in the area of just two films.
Right here he's upward against an also even more insidious threat; the enemy within. It's sparked by a hostage rescue objective aboard a hijacked boat that can make Chief Philips appear pedestrian. Objective is achieved but Captain America feels something will be awry which will be verified by the mission-within-a-mission that Natasha Romanov (Scarlett Johansson) provides been designated.
S.H.I.E.L.D director Director Fury (Samuel M Jackson) to put your trust in him and unveils the organisation's most recent programs to start three massive heli-ships with a mighty menu of weaponry; but Fury himself becomes suspect of what's heading on behind the moments and whether he can put your trust in his employer Alexander Pierce (Robert Redford).
Cleverly linking upward Captain America's origins within the patriotic fervor of World War Two with extremely 21st century concerns around security, surveillance, state and technology control, the Russo brothers' film riffs about the trade-off in between freedom and fear against a backdrop of trust and friendship, with our hero not really knowing who’s about his side - or actually which side he's about.
There's in no way a dull second in the two-hour running period but by the same symbol it doesn't feel like simply an activity fest. There's a lot to believe about while the plot takes us through pulsating car chases, numerous acrobatic fisticuffs and a rich, varied selection of explosions.
Chris Evans gets better with each outing as Captain America, mixing reverence for the character with little currents of self-deprecating humour.
Johansson and Jackson look very settled in their roles too, enjoying the more complicated sides to their characters while Robert Redford relishes his role as the enigmatic big boss with questionable morals.