Directed by Anthony Russo (Captain America: The Winter Soldier; You, Me and Dupree) and Joe Russo (Captain America: The Winter Soldier; You, Me and Dupree) and starring Chris Evans (Captain America: The First Avenger; Captain America: The Winter Soldier; Snowpiercer; Avengers Assemble; Scott Pilgrim vs. the World), Robert Downey Jr. (Sherlock Holmes, Chaplin, Iron Man, The Avengers) and Scarlett Johansson (Girl with a Pearl Earring, Lost in Translation, Lucy, Match Point, The Avengers).
Fantasy adventure; 146 minutes; 12+
A great piece of modern action film, if a tad too long. The plot is based on Captain America (Chris Evans) and Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) disagreeing about plans to put the Avengers under the control of a political organisation, following different perspectives on the loss of civilian life in an operation in Lagos that went wrong. That could very well have been one entire 90-minute film all by itself, buit the storyline continues with no less than 12 superpowers coming together, with six on either side, and an almighty battle ensuing. This could have made a separate 90-minute film in itself. This latter part also sprung to life when Spiderman was approached, which also galvanised Iron Man into action too.
We see Team Iron Man (Iron Man, Black Panther, Vision, Black Widow, War Machine, and Spiderman) up against Team Captain America (Captain America, Bucky Barnes, Falcon, Sharon Carter, Scarlett Witch, Hawkeye, and Ant Man).
The rest of the storyline features the Winter Soldier in further depth, and other events that led up to the death of Iron Man's parents. A storyline that pits ally against ally, creating new adversaries in the process. But will sense prevail and will they see who may be manipulating them from the beginning? And who really was behind the blowing up of a UN building?
A great effort in modern CGI, with numerous characters entertign the storyline at sensible, if predictible, moments.
