Captain America: Civil War

A.A. Dowd

Civil War wont turn skeptics into true believers; it refines rather than transcends its formula, and the ending, while admirably suffused for once with personal (rather than global) stakes, is too beholden to future franchise plans to go as far as it could and maybe should.But it does prove, if Marvel hasnt already, that something can be both a load bearing act of brand extension and a nimble, colorful blast of entertainment. ( Read More )

Then theres newcomer Chadwick Boseman, prince of Wakanda and agile superhero Black Panther. ( Read More )

Chris Nashawaty

Despite its stars and stripes title, Marvels latest billion dollar blockbuster to be, Captain America: Civil War, is essentially a third Avengers movie its also the best one yet. ( Read More )

Matt Zoller Seitz

All that said, this is a satisfying film that takes its characters but not itself seriously, and mixes sequences of wonder, visual wit and pathos in with the world building and dramatic housekeeping. ( Read More )

Kenneth Turan

For, paradoxically, the more the interconnectedness of Marvel films increases at warp speed (Civil War is described with a straight face as the first film in Phase 3 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, MCU for short), the more insular they become. ( Read More )