The Mad Max: Fury Road Of Superhero Movies

Rating: 8/10 (2 May 2016)

READ AT YOUR OWN RISK.
The Russo Brothers may not get an Oscar-Nomimation for their direction in Civil War but this is one heck of a brilliant superhero movie.
On that that note alone it's safe to say, Civil War is the Mad Max Fury Road of superhero comic-book movies.
Where to begin.
Civil War takes place a year or so after AGE OF ULTRON. Just like in the beginning of A.O.U., the Avengers (Captain America's Team; Steve Rogers/Cap, Romanoff/Black Widow, Sam Wilson/Falcon, and Wanda/Scarlet Witch) embarks on mission to Largos to stop a "villain" called CROSSBONE aka Brock Rumlow from stealing a biological weapon. Upon losing the Weapon to the Avengers, Crossbone (engaged in a fight with Captain America) reveals a detonator to detonate himself and anyone around him, including his current opponent, Cap. Wanda sees this and uses her powers to contain the bomb as it exploded. Unable to control her power she accidentally launched the bomb onto a building killing Crossbone and a number civilians (which we later learned to be first-aid workers from Wakanda providing Relief-Support)
This incident sets up the movie and opens up the discussion about the dangers of unsupervised Super-humans. With intense distrust for the Avengers, the United Nations set out to pass the Sokovia Accords; a law that allows the U.N. to sanctioned and regulate people with superhuman abilities. The Avengers are then divided in two groups with Tony Stark/Iron leading one side of the issue and Cap on the other.
Tony Starks, who might be hanging on the promise he made to Pepper Potts in IRON MAN 3 (to destroy all the armor-suits), is for the accord as he felt responsible for what happened at Sokovia since he was the one that created Ultron. Rogers, on the other hand, is against the Accord; believing that becoming a government property take away their rights as people--and deserves right to choose.
At the Summit in Vienna (to pass the Sokovia Accords) we meet T'Challa/Black Panther, also in attendance is Romanoff. A Bomb exploded at the Summit Building killing T'Challa's father.
But things spiced up when Bucky is shown to the Bomber of the building at Vienna and allegedly responsible for the death of T'challa's father and others.
Cap, who believes Bucky is innocent and has changed since the event of Winter Soldier, (saving Cap in from drowning) travels to Bucharest where Bucky's hiding to seek out his testimony and to warn him that a Task Force Unit is coming after him.
Which leads to one of the many entertaining action sequences in CIVIL WAR which involved Cap, Bucky, Falcon and introduction of the Black Panther in action. And once the action starts you wished it never stops. It's that good, so good that it even make some interesting part of the story so dull in comparison.
It's obvious that Bucky is been framed and someone (Baron Zemo) is behindall of this and a PLOT to divide and conquer the Avengers-forcing them to pay for their mistakes. And the thing is no matter how much you think you know about the plot--it still ended up surprises you, even shock if you will.
Cap, Falcon, Bucky and Black Panther are captured by the police and brought to the base. Bucky is then experimented on by Baron Zemo, who uses some "trigger words" which makes Bucky go nuts, struggling with his some PTSD-EFFECT which goes to back 1991, when he was by created HYDRA.
Cap eventually stops Bucky. Cap and Falcon interrogates Bucky and he tells them that Zemo is responsible for him going berserk. Feeling that Bucky might be withholding more informatio, Falcon recruits Scott Lang/Ant-man to get the job done to Cap's dismay.
We later learn that Bucky wasn't the only "winter soldier" and Zemo is heading to Moscow to unfreeze the others.
With Bucky still, both a threat and a fugitive-at-large protected by Team Cap, Tony convinces Secretary of State Thaddeus Ross to assemble a team of his own to bring Bucky in, which includes a really good Tom Holland as Spiderman; other members are Rhodes/War Machine, Vision, Black Widow, and of course black Panther, in probably the best scene you've ever see in a Superhero or an Action movie, say, of the past twenty-years, or even ever, when the Avengers square off in the Airport "Melee".
Though it's strange to see the Avengers going against one another, you immediately forgave the plot, as soon as you're drawn in every bit of the action. It is a fun roller-coaster ride, filled with comedic moments with a handful of dramatic tension, and LOTS OF FUN. This is one for the ages. This scene alone is worth the price admission.
NOTE: We even get to learn that even if the Avengers and their powers are regulated by a governing body --that accidents are still inevitable. It's the nature of being a superhuman with super-abilities. Controlling one power is part of becoming an identity of self and how and why it is use should be a choice of that individual.
And even if you thought Civil War couldn't get any better following the "Airport Fight", it capped it all of with a final battle that has all the ramification of themes that ranged from family, friendship, brotherhood, love, lost and more.
Is this a great movie? Time will tell. But it's a great one for the genre, and the Russo Brothers are the best to accomplish such feat since Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight Trilogy (Batman Begins being my favorite of the three.)
CAPTAIN America could be the MCU's Best Trilogy/Anthology yet.