Great Story with Mind-numbing Super Heroics

Rating: 9/10 (4 April 2014)

I saw "Captain America: The Winter Soldier", starring Chris Evans-The Avengers_2012, Cellular; Scarlett Johansson-The Avengers_2012, Home Alone 3; Anthony Mackie-Pain & Gain, The Hurt Locker, Sebastian Stan- Captain America: The First Avenger, The Covenant and Robert Redford- Lions For Lambs, The Horse Whisperer.
This is the second Captain America movie-with a third in the planning- but it more closely follows the Avengers movie-with a second & a third in the planning. This is a great sequel because most of the back story has already been established and they can just get down to it. This one also has a good story, as well as the mind-numbing super heroics going for it. Chris returns as Captain America, a time misplaced soldier trying to understand the world he is now living in. He has problems with deciding on who to trust after disagreeing with the way things are done. Scarlett returns as the Black Widow, a former Soviet spy that is now a top field agent for S.H.I.E.L.D., the international peace-keeping organization. Anthony joins the cast as Sam Wilson, aka the Falcon, Chris' new side-kick. Sebastian plays the Winter Soldier-if you are familiar with the comics, you know who he is-and Robert plays a bureaucrat that runs the World Security Council, who gives S.H.I.E.L.D. their orders. FYI: If you are a MMA fan, Georges St-Pierre has a good cameo as Batroc the Leaper. Stan Lee also has his usual cameo. There are two scenes at the end; one as the end credits start and one after they are over, so do not leave early. It's rated "PG-13" for the violence and gun play and has a running time of 2 hours & 16 minutes. I loved it and would buy it on Blu-Ray.