Chris Evans as Captain Ameica
“Captain America: Civil War” Marvel Comics’ Funniest Yet
By Skip Sheffield
“Captain America: Civil War” is the funniest Marvel Comics
movie I have ever seen.
This is a good thing, because I never took seriously the
Marvel universe of super heroes. “Civil War,” directed by brothers Anthony and
Joe Russo, has a whole mess of them, but the two main characters are Steve
Rogers, aka Captain America (Chris Evans) and Tony Stark, aka Iron Man (Robert
Downey, Jr.). Scarlett Johansson enjoys quite a bit of screen time as Natasha
Romanoff, aka Black Widow, and we are the better for it.
The plot by screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen
McFeely, is overly complicated, which lends to the film’s bloated 147-minute
length. It boils down to a battle between Captain America, who feels the
Avengers should be free of any government control, and Tony Stark, who thinks
they should cooperate with the United Nations, FBI and various governmental
agencies. But before the big showdown happens we are treated to a travelogue all
over the globe, with furious fights, hair-raising car chases and amazing
stunts. Able support is provided by Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson, aka Falcon,
who has concealed wings that unfold in time of distress; Don Cheadle as the
ever-serious Lt. James Rhodes, aka War Machine; Jeremy Renner returning as the
archer Clint Barton, aka Hawkeye; Paul Bettany as the red-faced Vision, and new
guy Chadwick Boseman as T’Chall, aka Black Panther. Sebastian Stan plays the
villain, Bucky Barnes, aka Winter Soldier.
There are more, many more characters. As I said, this
movie’s main fault is that it is over-stuffed. But for pure, mindless
entertainment it is hard to beat. I still don’t care about the Marvel Comics
universe of people with super powers, but darned if I wasn’t pleasantly
surprised and thoroughly entertained by this biff-baff-boff romp.
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