![]() There was no need for us to see another spider bite and another Uncle Ben death scene, something Batman v Superman director Zack Snyder might have considered before shooting one more Batman origin scene to throw on the heap. The Russo brothers have wisely eschewed showing us yet another version of Spidey’s origin story – instead we meet him six months into his heroic endeavours. The webslinger finally gets to play in the Marvel sandbox alongside what once might have been considered lesser characters. Enter Spider-Manīut, undoubtedly, the addition that has been most eagerly awaited by fans and has finally come to be – thanks to an underwhelming franchise reboot at Sony – is of course Spider-Man, played by a very young Tom Holland. He delivers a solid, muscular performance that effectively sets up the standalone Black Panther movie, due in 2018. ![]() ![]() I counted at least a dozen heroes who all get significant screen time.Ĭhadwick Boseman makes his Marvel debut as Prince T’Challa (aka Black Panther) from the fictional African nation of Wakanda. While Batman v Superman gave us three heroes (the titular pair plus Wonder Woman) Civil War suffers an embarrassment of riches with a huge cast of favourites, plus some very welcome new additions. He brings with him a decades-long history of guilt and a deeply-felt awareness of his own failings. Stark, in particular, has gone through a long dark-night-of-the soul, finally emerging with just a few remnants of his protective shell of flippant arrogance still visible. Picture: 2016 - Marvel Studiosīut both characters have evolved and matured over the course of the film series. Captain America squares off with Iron Man. One might have expected dyed-in-the-wool patriot Captain America to be the most likely supporter of this kind of official oversight, with loose cannon Tony Stark the obvious rebel. The United Nations now seek to take direct control over The Avengers, a group deemed by many of the world’s governments to be little better than a rogue force of vigilantes. They have established their characters to present a nuanced and utterly believable scenario in which the escalating conflict between friends and allies makes total sense.Ĭivil War harks back to the events of past Marvel films in which The Avengers, either as a group or individually, were key players in various catastrophic events with devastating consequences. Where Batman v Superman offered a convoluted plot with character motivations that were at best opaque, at worst non-existent, but mostly just unconvincing, Civil War takes full advantage of the years Disney and Marvel have spent building their universe. Which brings us to an obvious comparison: the recent release of Batman v Superman from rivals Warner Brothers and DC. as Tony Stark/Iron Man gets at least as much to do as Evans in a role that certainly would have deserved the title Captain America vs. In fact Captain America: Civil War plays more convincingly as the third Avengers film than just another one of the smaller-scale, standalone hero films we might expect given that Chris Evans’ character is the titular hero. Watch the video Captain America: Civil War delivers the goods.
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