"By bloody hands time can't deny,And are washed away by your genocide,And history hides the lies of our civil wars."

Rating: 9/10 (21 May 2016)

Despite having enjoyed all the Marvel movies I've seen,I have somehow ended missing the latest entries in the "Universe" for the last few years.Hearing praise from a family friend about the latest Captain America film,I decided that it was finally time to enter the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) again.
The plot:
During their battles against evil,The Avengers cause a vast amount of damage.Seeing them as dangerous,the UN reveal that they are going to pass a motion which will limit The Avengers to only going on UN- approved missions,which the UN hopes will limit the horrific level of collateral damage they have caused. Feeling divided over the UN's plans,The Avengers are left crushed,when the UN is bombed in a terrorist attack. Learning that a former childhood friend/war buddy is suspected of being behind the attack,Captain America decides that he must defy his fellow Avengers,which leads to the start of a civil war.
View on the film:
Web-slinging Spider-Man into the MCU,returning directors Anthony & Joe Russo make the criss-crossing of huge franchises look marvellously effortless,as every web-sling,spinning disc and flying Iron Man light the screen in a dazzling blast of primary colour.Giving the CGI a metallic shine that gives the fight scenes a frantic mood,the Russo's closely work with cinematographer Trent Opaloch and editors Jeffrey Ford and Matthew Schmidt to bring the human out of the superheroes,by matching the CGI smash-ups with tough hand to hand combat,which give the action scenes a strikingly tough edge.
Bringing (most of) The Avengers in with new additions,the screenplay by Stephen McFeely and Christopher Markus impressively balances moving the mythology forward,along with giving each Avenger their moment to shine,from Iron Man hitting funny one liners,to Captain America having to choose a side. Flourishing in the moments of brightness,the writers make sure to highlight the less than heroic qualities in their superheroes,thanks to the UN's questioning leading to doubts over how helpful they truly are,which leads to a thrilling twist ending,that brilliantly alters the perspective of The Avengers origins,as The Avengers discover that history does not hide the lies of a civil war.