Matching its blockbuster scale and spectacle with the smarts of a great, grown-up thriller, Captain America: Civil War is Marvel Studios’ finest film yet. There. We said it again.
The superhero slugfest this summer deserved. The emotional stakes couldn’t be higher, the big fight delivers in every conceivable way and Tom Holland’s amazing Spider-Man steals the show. Up there with the best of Marvel.
It’s a huge aspartame rush of a film: a giant irresistible snack, not nutritious, but very tasty.
Marvels' greatest strength comes to the forefront here: a studio developing from its history, breaking new ground, and preserving its future all at once.
There is real maturity in a story of guilt, revenge, torn loyalties and tragic revelations – between the fights, explosions, chases and general awesomeness.
In many respects this is the Marvel movies’ finest hour.
Keeping track of who’s who in this superhero multipack poses a challenge, but the screenplay packs a powerful punch.
A big improvement over the muddled, cluttered Age of Ultron, it’s rather strange that the ostensibly unremarkable Captain America is once again the headliner of a title that scrapes the upper echelons of Marvel’s output.
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