"If they're shooting at you, they're bad!"
Two years after helping save the world in the Battle of New York, Steven Rogers (Evans) is working with S.H.I.E.L.D. and trying to adjust to life after spending decades frozen. He does not agree with all of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s practices and is trying to find his place in this time. Nick Fury, director of S.H.I.E.L.D., is attacked and seriously injured by a mysterious assassin called The Winter Soldier (Stan). His tells Rogers that S.H.I.E.L.D. has been compromised and to trust no one, and is killed by The Winter Soldier.
Rogers is brought to Alexander Pierce (Redford), a senior leader of S.H.I.E.L.D., to answer questions about Fury's murder. Rogers follows Fury's advice to trust no one and lies, which makes him a traitor to S.H.I.E.L.D. On the run, he teams up with Natasha Romanoff (Johansson) and new friend Sam Wilson (Mackie) to get answers about the corruption within S.H.I.E.L.D.
This is the third film in Marvel's Phase 2, following Iron Man 3 and Thor: The Dark World, and like those films, the stakes are higher for the Captain. The first Captain America film introduced the character and his world, and ended with him waking in modern times after being frozen for several decades and presumed dead. This film focused on the Captain trying to find his place within modern times, especially after saving the world again.
New directors Anthony & Joe Russo wanted to create a "70s political thriller that was masquerading as a big superhero movie." And their vision paid off, the story is interesting and keeps you guessing. Stick around for the 2 post credit scenes. The characters are rich and interesting. Robert Redford is mesmerizing as Alexander Pierce, and Anthony Mackie is a welcome addition to the film as Sam Wilson / Falcon (and hopefully he will pop up in future Avenger or Captain America films). Sebastian Stan is intense in duel roles. Scarlett Johansson gets a bigger role in the film and really nails it. And Chris Evans continues to impress.
The action sequences and effects work well, especially when you consider that the Russo brothers wanted to use minimal CGI.
Apparently Marvel is planning a third Captain America film, again directed by the Russo brothers, for 2016.
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) 136 minutes
Rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of violence, gunplay and action throughout
Director: Anthony Russo & Joe Russo
Starring: Chris Evans as Steve Rogers / Captain America
Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow
Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes / The Winter Soldier
Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson / Falcon
Cobie Smulders as Maria Hill
Frank Grillo as Brock Rumlow
Emily VanCamp as Sharon Carter / Agent 13
Hayley Atwell as Peggy Carter
Robert Redford as Alexander Pierce
Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury
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