The Connoisseur Reviews

Captain America: The Winter Soldier or Avengers 1.5, as some might call it. Is the sequel to the Captain America: The First Avenger and the ninth installment in Marvels. Some of the characters in the Avengers: Scarlett Johansson's Black Widow and  Samuel L. Jackson's Nick Fury return with very good performances. Chris Evans is still the shield wielding all action good guy that is Captain America. The sequel tries to be a political thriller of the 60s and 70s and almost succeeds.

The flick starts off showing how Steve Rogers is coping in the modern world and quickly establishes his relationship with Falcon who is also a military vet. The black widow summons Rogers for his mission. During the mission, we see a bit of Captain America's fighting skills as he dominates the guards protecting the ship. After the mission, the dialogue between Steve Rogers and Nick Fury displays the two sides of the debate, the movie is centered on - the pros and cons of a surveillance state. The movie tries not to take sides but as it progresses, one may get where is it leaning towards. 

Spoiler Alert

The Winter Soldier makes his first appearance during the assassination attempt scene on Nick Fury. Which must the best action sequence in the entire movie. Fury escapes to Roger's apartment and informs him that SHIELD is compromised. The Winter soldier fires shots at Nick Fury and "kills" him. Captain America gives chase and throws his mighty shield at The Winter Soldier, only for him to catch and fling it back.

The story continues with Captain America now a fugitive and trying to evade Shield operatives and bringing down Hydra.

The action in this movie is well choreographed and at times, feels very intense.  The plot and acting is excellent. It is arguable if this movie is better than the Avengers but one thing we can agree on is that is one of the best super hero movie of all time, whatever side you are on;DC or Marvel.,

Rating: 9.5/10