Extremely disappointing

Rating: 3/10 (19 September 2016)

I'm extremely disappointed in this film.
Marvel's films have always been bordering on the silly, what I like to think of as "impossibly plausible". But so much of this film frankly falls into the categories of "ridiculous" and "seriously??"
The film has a paper-thin plot, and is just an excuse for two cinematic icons to go head to head in a penis-measuring contest. The dialogue is hammy and I have no emotional attachment to any of the new heroes. Black Panther is a total bore, Spiderman is an attention seeking hyperactive tool and Vision has nothing to add to the film. But it is our old favourite Captain America who takes the cake with his reasons for not signing the Accord.
Long story short, Iron Man vs Captain America. Iron Man is part of what I think of as the Superhero Police. Captain America doesn't want to be held accountable for his actions, so does not sign the treaty. Cap recruits people to his cause, because he himself does not agree with 117 countries. Cap thinks he is above the law and is branded a criminal alongside his accomplices. His accomplices (bar Winter Soldier) get arrested and held in a super-duper superhero prison for their crimes. Iron Man finds out Winter Soldier murdered his parents. Iron Man gets upset. Cap tells Iron Man he knew. Iron Man flies into a rage (fairly understandable, I think). Iron Man takes on Winter Soldier and Cap. Iron Man disables Winter Soldier, Cap disables Iron Man's electromagnet. Cap and Winter Soldier walk off into the sunset and break their superhero friends out of prison.
At the end of the day, Captain America is a terrorist. Make no mistake. The dictionary definition of terrorism:
1. the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, especially for political purposes. 2. the state of fear and submission produced by terrorism or terrorization. 3. a terroristic method of governing or of resisting a government.
1. Cap uses his relationship with his friends to coerce them to fight for him, because his political agenda does not agree with 117 countries. 2. Cap uses his friends to start mass panic in various countries across the globe. 3. Cap and his friends use their powers to fight Iron Man's superhero police, resisting the Accords.
I've never much liked Captain America, but this film makes him, by definition, a terrorist.
Captain America: the Terrorist.