Captain America: Civil War: 7.9

Rating: 7/10 (26 April 2018)

Civil War's conflict is unforgivingly intense to a point where you get scared that the two opposing Avengers are willing to kill each other. With seemingly too many characters to handle in one movie, Civil War masterfully juggles all of them while also still putting the spotlight on Captain America. Who's fight in this story keeps exponentially elevating to greater conflict, with Tony Stark being on the other end of that conflict. This is the most outstanding character that Tony Stark has had since the first Iron Man. The tension between Cap and Stark grows into a brutal and intense final fight that doesn't pull it's punches. The action as a whole is efficiently well executed. The final fight being the only great action sequence, and the least good action scene is the airport fight. It does it's job, but it's slightly underwhelming and probably should've been better for such an important scene with so many characters. The stand outs among the two teams of Avengers are Black Panther, Vision, and Spider-Man. Black Panther being a sleek and effective killer who's out a hunt for revenge, and at the end has great character development himself. Vision is very enjoyable to watch struggle integrating with the world and trying to figure out how social encounters work. And Spider-Man is so refreshing to watch be part of this movie. He's funny and in way over his head that brings a sometimes need level of excitement and levity to the scenes he's in. Even though his CGI is too much and doesn't always work. Other of the aspects of the film that don't work are some of the green screen effects which are very distracting during some emotional beats. A Villain who's plan is very fragile and who's motivations are rather boring. And a sometimes contrived plot that forces you to make some stretches in order for it to make sense. Overall, Civil War is a very exciting battle between lovable heroes that corners you into not knowing who's side you should be on that makes for some extremely tight tension. Even if that's at the cost of having dome far fetched plot points. So I give it a 7.9