At the half-way mark, there was only one question that was buzzing like a bee in my head "How is this conflict going to end"? My mind was racing into the future at QuickSilver's slowness and was lightning-quick open to various possibilities:
a) Bucky is innocent and framed. CapAm and Iron Man join hands to save him
b) Bucky is the culprit. CapAm reconciles with Iron Man to apprehend him
c) Bucky is the culprit. CapAm goes after him. Iron Man and others cross swords with the Mastermind
d) Bucky is innocent and framed. CapAm, Iron Man , Bucky and others fight the Mastermind
I am not going to spoil the fun by revealing which amongst these possibilities was true. Yes. There is one! In fact, the writers went one step ahead by embedding an interesting out-of-nowhere twist in one of these options.
They say expectations hurt. When X-Men spectacularly missed the mark by a big margin, I did not have much expectation going into CapAm even though the trailers boasted of The Avengers team pitting against each other with the new Spider Man joining the ranks of Team Iron Man. The trailer was fantastic but so was X-Men's and we knew how it turned out. So, was CapAm also just another Marvel's Ok-Ok superhero movie? Read On to find out.
The third installment of CapAm begins after the Sokovia's events when a building is destroyed and several people were killed in Lagos by The Avengers. This act was the final straw and the UN decided that enough was enough by passing the Sokovian Accords that will ensure that The Avengers were no longer a private outfit but a a team subjected to their rules and regulations. The usually selfish and arrogant Tony Stark was the first to support such a move as he was already burdened with his guilt due to the destruction of Sokovia. His guilt magnified itself to a great extent when one of the HR managers in MIT blamed him for her son's death. However, CapAm had other ideas. He was strongly opposing the idea that they were to be under the control of another organization who wants their freedom to be curbed. Dissension ensues and The Avengers are split due to their differences of opinion over the contentious Sokovian Accords. Things go downhill further in the relationship between Tony Stark and CapAm when Steve Rogers protects his child hood friend, Bucky from the clutches of Iron Man and The Black Panther when Bucky is accused for bombing at Vienna. Is the morally right CapAm wrong about Bucky this time when he defends him by saying that his old friend is not capable of doing such a thing? Was Tony Stark right in signing the Sokovian Accords? Whether the broken The Avengers bind together again? The answers to all these questions are presented in a swashbuckling manner by the Director.
Just like how the The Avengers was a revelation and boasted of gorgeous rib-tickling one-liners, CapAm:Civil War has also got plenty of amazing wisecracks and rejoinders that surely brought the house down! When Ant-Man enters into the Iron Man Suit and damages it, he says "It's your conscience. We don't speak a lot these days" when Tony Stark asks him "Who's this?". Similarly, when Tony Stark goes to meet Peter Parker at his residence and asks him whether he can go to Germany, Peter Parker replies "I got..homework". Here's where Robert Downey Jnr's phenomenal sarcastic barbs come to play. He immediately quips "Alright. I'm gonna pretend you did not say that". The entire movie is seriously and hilariously packed with such gems especially the face-off between Team Iron Man and Team Captain America at the airport. You can just watch the fight sequence "n" number of times yet still have the feel that you are watching it for the first time. Also, when Bucky pushes and takes the bike from a biker during the chase is another whistle-blowing scene.
Though most of The Avengers are back here, it is still a Captain America film as he furiously and ferociously defends his wrongly accused friend, breaks his friends out of the Raft prison and indulges in a fantastic combat with Tony Stark. Captain America: Civil War is slick, smart, fun and funny with exceptional performances by new entrants - Spider Man and Black Panther. The latest Spidy is thoroughly wacky and is completely bitten not just by the genetically modified spider but also by the stardoms of the other Marvel characters. The Black Panther a.k.a Challa, who has a regal lineage, is set out to take revenge on Bucky for killing his father but later realizes his folly when vengeance had completely consumed him. His nonchalant and menacing "I don't care" response to Hawkeye who formally introduces himself during the airport action segment was a cracker! But, it was Tom Holland's Spiderling...Spider Man who will really steal your hearts with his innocent and child-like effervescence.
At the end of the movie, I just had one another small question in my mind "Should Singer take a leaf out of the Russos' book to handle a superhero movie when it is deluged with superheroes and their powers by giving depth and equal importance to the characters?". I leave it to Singer as a food for thought.
This review cannot be deemed as finished if I don't talk about the 2 notable scenes which also happens to be my personal favorite as well
PS 1:
When things get really hot at the airport, Ant Man becomes GiANT Man on the press of a switch. A startled Tony Stark asks his team "Okay. Anybody on our side who is hiding any shocking and fantastic abilities they would like to disclose? I am open to suggestion". The entire audience were laughing like mad hell at this point of time.
PS 2:
Captain America is in conversation with Sharon Carter who gives the Cap his shield and they kiss each other. The instantaneous reaction which Falcon and Bucky give when they see the Cap kissing is something that is just etched in your mind and can play it back at will to humor yourself. Such is their fantabulous expressions that it is really worth to see the movie a third time just for their inimitable and unparalleled reactions!
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