Captain America: Civil War is the conclusion to the trilogy in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Steve Rogers has gone from WWII war hero saving the world from Hydra, the Nazi's Special Science Division; to modern day fighting his best friend who is a brainwashed assassian for the return of Hydra; to now standing up for what he believes is right in protecting the world. Captain America has never been the most popular character, but with the talented performance of Chris Evans and the incredible respect given to writing of his character, Steve Rogers has grown to be one of the best characters in a comic book movie. In most cases, trilogy's tend to fall apart in the third movie: X-Men, Spider-Man, Superman, etc., but with the addition of Civil War, Captain America has become one of the greatest comic book trilogy's of all time.
Steve Rogers leads a small group of Avengers after the events of Age of Ultron. While others, such as Tony Stark (Robert Downey, Jr.), going their seperate ways, Steve continue to try to protect the world from serious danger. But after a mission goes south, the world has had enough and create the "Sokovia Accords Act." A document that mandates any superpowered person and/or being to register with the government and act under the will of the panel when and if it is deemed necessary. With Tony believing that they need to be in check and balance, Steve believes that the safest hands are still there own. Split almost evenly between all the heroes, Steve and his Avengers become vigalanties, forcing Tony to have to arrest and bring him in. To make matters more complicated, the goverment blames recent attacks on Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan), AKA the Winter Soldier. Steve believes they are false and does whatever he can to protect his best friend.
While this movie does feature most of The Avengers and a few new characters, this is still first and foremost Steve Rogers story. It never feels that he is not the main focus or that he is underminded. That being said, each character is still given his/her moment to shine. Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), Falcon (Anthony Mackie), War Machine (Don Cheadle), Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner), Vison (Paul Bettany), Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen), and Ant-Man (Paul Rudd) all return better than ever. Though some of them would have been great seeing more of, they each had their purposed and worked well.
Civil War is also the introduction of Tom Holland as Spider-Man in the Marvel Universe. Tom absolutely nails the performance and steals the show anytime he is on screen. His humor and whit truly embodies the essence of Peter Parker unlike ever before. Chadwick Boseman also makes his debut as Black Panther with another strong performance. While often he feels like a side character to the rest of the team, it works with his story well being an outsider with his own agenda.
The best scene of the entire movie, quite possibly of any comic book movie, is without a doubt the airport battle. That scene alone is worth going to the theater. Though I badly want to get into detail of each moment, I will not say anything more than I was grinning from ear to ear the entire time. It is worth seeing without knowing any spoilers going into it. Trust me, it makes the experience much better. While the movie does loses steam in the final act, it still keeps itself together and ends on a heartfelt moment, one that has been building up for a long time.
With great writing, heartfelt moments, mouth dropping action, and an overall fun experience, Captain America: Civil War end the trilogy on a strong note. While the last third of the movie is not quite as strong as the rest, it does not take away from the truly amazing experience throughout the entire film. Though Captain America may have started as a secondary character in the beginning of the MCU, he has become one of the greatest heroes of our time.
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