My latest visit to the
Marvel
Cinematic Universe involves Captain America/Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) a
World War 2 veteran who was given an experimental serum to enhance his physical
strength, frozen in suspended animation and revived to be part of modern day
S.H.I.E.L.D, The Black Widow/Natasha Romanoff (Scarlett Johansson) a former
Russian spy that defected to the United States to become an agent for
S.H.I.E.L.D and a new ally The Falcon/Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie) the first
mainstream comic African-American superhero who was a former pararescueman
trained by the military in aerial combat using a specially designed wing pack.
All of which face an unexpected enemy as they ‘struggle to expose a
far-reaching conspiracy that puts the world at risk’. Also in
Captain
America: The Winter Soldier (2014) we have the emergence of an all-powerful
villain who was originally Steve Rogers’s best friend Bucky Barnes before he
was thought to have been killed in action during World War 2.
Rescued by the Russians and taken to Moscow
he is programmed to be a Soviet assassin under the code name of The Winter Soldier
(Sebastian Stan).
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| The Black Widow |
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| The Falcon. |
Directed by the Russo brothers, Anthony and Joe, who manage
to lay on the action thick and fast in this attempt at a hi-tech political
conspiracy thriller involving the Marvel characters. To a great extent they
succeed in producing a character driven, suspenseful, modern day politically
astute drama that certainly does not lack what a die hard fan would expect from
their superhero movie. Also involved in the very enjoyable nonsense are Samuel
L Jackson as Nick Fury director of the international force, Robert Redford as
Alexander Pierce a member of the Worlds Security Council and a cameo from both
Toby Jones as Dr Armin Zola’s ‘face on the computer’ and Jenny Agutter who
scene where she morphs from a Security Council member into the Black Widow is
hilarious. An entertaining and worthwhile follow up to
Captain America: The First Avenger
(2011).
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| The Winter Soldier. |
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