Therein lies one of my main issues with this otherwise very enjoyable movie – it flips back and forth between being a movie about Captain America, versus a story about the Avengers as a team. The initial ideological debate around the Sokovia Accords fades into the background amidst the more urgent, time-critical events. So a huge fraction of this film’s story is the usual action-thriller ‘spy goes rogue to clear her/his name’ storyline, though it is a well-executed and entertaining one. Since Bucky is Cap’s best friend, the two of them goes rogue.
However, perhaps because they wanted to make this a ‘Captain America’ movie, Bucky Barnes, aka the Winter Soldier gets thrown into the mix, where he gets framed for yet another terrible catastrophe and becomes a fugitive. This set-up makes it an Avengers movie at its core. The different superheroes have differing opinions over this, and thus the Avengers are polarised and the Civil War starts. This is a general plot thread that has some similarities with the comics. During a fight between the heroes and the villains, innocent civilians get killed in the crossfire, which causes Tony Stark, aka Iron Man to suggest that the Avengers sign the Sokovia Accords, a vaguely-defined treaty which ostensibly serves as a regulating body to control the actions of the Avengers. The movie opens with the Avengers crew that was established at the end of Avengers: Age of Ultron on a routine mission. That it is a ‘Captain America’ movie mostly holds true in the emotional sense, and the fact that the Captain is mostly the POV character throughout the story. Despite the filmmaker’s insistence that this is very much a ‘sequel to the Winter Soldier’, the plot is very much about the Avengers. It turns out that ‘Avengers 2.5’ is a pretty apt description for the plot, and the place of this film in relation to the rest of the MCU. However, with all of this being said, Chris Evans and Joe Russo have warned fans many times to expect the unexpected in Civil War.When the cast list for Captain America: Civil War was revealed, people have been calling this move ‘Avengers 2.5’, mostly because it involves so many characters from the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The Winter Soldier losing his arm is basically the same thing as Captain America losing his shield seeing they both are super soldiers with the same skillset. It wouldn't make sense for Bucky Barnes to die, and also wouldn’t be the first time in the MCU The Winter Soldier’s arm was disabled or needed repair.
Iron Man’s #2, War Machine, isn’t looking good after a savage fall from the sky. But one thing is for sure, The Winter Soldier gets fucked up and he's not the only one. While he looks fairly lifeless, we’ll have to wait for confirmation.
It’s unclear of The Winter Soldier’s fate. One theory is that The Winter Soldier attempts to remove Iron Man’s arc reactor, and let’s just say it didn’t go well. Bucky Barnes is pictured just laying on the ground while Iron Man and Captain America duke it out nearby. It looks like the Winter Soldier’s bionic arm is severed. The latest plot hint comes right from one of the recent Captain America Civil War trailers, but it’s not a exactly a happy spoiler.Įxtremely detail-oriented Reddit user, Laffy Sapphy, spotted a gem. After Spider Man dropped in during the last millisecond of the trailer, excited die-hard fans have been itching for spoilers. The latest Captain America: Civil War trailer sparked so many questions about the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.