Captain America: The Winter Soldier review

Captain America: The Winter Soldier review

Captain America: The Winter Soldier' is the latest presentation from the Marvel franchise featuring two of it's most famous characters heroic Captain America and sexy Black Widow.

The movie is made according to the Marvel's new gameplan to keep things interesting and fresh. The recent 'Iron Man 3' saw Tony Stark taking some unexpected drastic steps to fight the phantom which had rose from 80's to bring a completely new challenge to the world. Then we have comic adventure 'Guardians of the Galaxy'lined up for a release. And 'Capatin America: The winter Soldier' is a great product of Marvel's new risk taking strategy.

'Captain America: The Winter Soldier' is more than a usual Marvel superhero movie with technology aided action sequences and flat storylines, it is a gritty conspiracy thriller which portrays the World War II hero struggling to come to the terms to ideals of 70's where Orwellian surveillance is being planned to nip the crime in its bud.

The attitude which he faces is best summed up by Robert Redford's dialogue who plays the role of a high ranking grey suited SHIELD officer, in which he says that in order to improve things you often need to tear downwhats come before no matter what the cost. It is this attitude that Captain America can't wrap his mind around.

Captain learns that SHIELD as part of an initiative led by Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) and his colleague Alexander Pierce (Redford), has been secretly developing a trio of massive helicarrier ships. These ships are massive airborne drones designed to collect information and also to analyze personal communications NSA-style, so that they can preemptively determine who will commit crimes before they happen.

But then Fury realizes that his pet project may have been compromised and he turns to America's greatest soldier to avert the crisis. They also have another enemy who is more powerful than Captain himself in every aspect to contend with - 'The Winter Soldier' played by impressive Sebastein Stan.

And in this fight, he is assisted by the sexy and deadly Black Widow with whom Captain shares some flirty banter. Directors Joe and Anthony Russo should be lauded for their move to give more screen space to one of the finest female protagonist in the Marvel world in 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier'. And Scarlett Johansson doesn't disappoints in her portrayal of sassy and menacing black widow.

Then there is Sam Wilson- Falcon, a former paratrooper who can fly thanks to his winged back pack. There are other supporting characters in 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier' such as Agent 13, played by Emily VanCamp who have no significant role in the storyline but are primed for one in future installments in the Marveluniverse.

The Russos decision to largely restrain from the overuse of computer-generated imagery is also vindicated as the movie firmly retains it's 70's aesthetic. The sound design of the movie is great and adds the touch of reality to the sequences.

'Captain America: The Winter Soldier' has a very strong plot which to some extent has been underused by the directors. The movie's most interesting aspects take a back seat in last 30 minutes of the movie, as the directors focus on flashy and visually delightful action sequences. But it should also be noted that despite theseimperfection 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier' is the strongest Marvel movie released till now.

The Russo brothers who will also be directing the third installment of Captain America, by pitting an iconic character against new age ideals, have done a brilliant job in delivering an interesting thriller which is much more than usual superhero movie.

Sandhira movie review rating 3.5/5

Captain America: The Winter Soldier review