Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) [CAM]

Captain America picks up soon after the Avengers movie left off (in fact, you can watch the first 11 minutes here); he works for superspy agency S.H.I.E.L.D. now, but he's having doubts if being a superhero is right for him. It's the same great power/great responsibility trope that lots of superhero sequels chew through, but fortunately it doesn't get too hung up on it. There is much punching to do, and Winter Soldier doesn't make us wait long for it.

Not to give too much away, but the main plot driver is that something is rotten in S.H.I.E.L.D. But what? Who's good? Who's bad? Who even knows anymore? Trust no one. Unless they're attractive. These are also just good rules to live by in general.

Besides, you're going to this movie for the action, and the action pretty much rules. It's especially refreshing that all of the best scenes that really wake you up aren't the elaborate CGI sequences (though there are plenty of those as well). It's the brutish, analog, kicking-and-punching melees that really come across. A lot of action movies rely on fast cuts to obscure the fact that these actors don't really know how to fight. In contrast, the fight choreography in The Winter Soldier is excellent, and Chris Evans (or his stunt doubles, in some cases) sells the shit out of them.

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