Captain America: The Winter Soldier Review

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Release Date: 3rd April 2014 - Australia

Production Companies

Marvel Studios

Distribution

Walt Disney Studios Motion

Pictures Australia

Genre: Action

Rating: M

Runtime: 136 minutes


Budget: $170,000,000

Box Office Gross: $714,421,503 (Worldwide)


Plot Summary

After saving New York from an invasion with the Avengers, Steve Rogers, aka Captain America, is in Washington, D.C. and is striving to adapt to the modern world after 50 years of being frozen. Now Nick Fury from S.H.I.E.L.D has come under attack, and Steve gets swept up in a web of conspiracy that threatens to endanger the world.

Captain America joins forces with Black Widow as they fight to uncover this dangerous plot while fending off assassins sent to kill him at every turn. When this evil scheme comes to light, they enlist a new ally, the Falcon. They find themselves facing a dangerous foe known as the Winter Soldier.

Cast
Chris Evans - Steve Rogers/
Captain America

Scarlett Johansson - Natasha
Romanoff/Black Widow

Samuel L. Jackson - Nick Fury
Sebastian Stan - Bucky
Barnes/Winter Solider
Anthony Mackie - Sam

Wilson/Falcon
Cobie Smulders - Maria Hill
Frank Grillo - Brock Rumlow
Emily VanCamp - Kate/Agent 13
Robert Redford - Alexander Pierce
Hayley Atwell - Peggy Carter
Maximiliano Hernandez - Agent Sitwell
Callan Mulvey - Jack Rollins
Toby Jones - Armin Zola
Garry Shandling - Senator Stern
Ng Chin Han - Councilman Yen

Jenny Agutter - Councilwoman Hawley

Alan Dale - Councilman Rockwell

Bernard White - Councilman Singh

Georges St. Pierre - Georges Batroc

Joe Russo - Dr. Fine (Cameo)

Christopher Markus - SHIELD Interrogator #1 (Cameo)

Stephen McFeely - SHIELD Interrogator #2 (Cameo)

Ann Russo - Strike Agent (Cameo)

Robert Clotworthy - Fury Car (Voice)

June Christopher - SHIELD Computer (Voice)

Gary Sinise - The Smithsonian Narrator (Voice)

Thomas Kretschmann - Baron Wolfgang von

Strucker (Cameo) (Uncredited)

Aaron Taylor-Johnson - Peter Maximoff/

Quicksilver (Cameo) (Uncredited)

Elizabeth Olsen - Wanda Maximoff/
Scarlet Witch (Cameo) (Uncredited)

Stan Lee - Smithsonian Guard (Cameo)

Crew
Directors - Anthony & Joe Russo
Concept and Story - Ed Brubaker
Based on the Marvel Comics - Joe Simon

and Jack Kirby

Based on "The Winter Soldier" - Steve Epting,

Ed Brubaker and Michael Lark (Uncredited)
Screenplay - Christopher Markus and
Stephen McFeely

Associate Producer/First Assistant Director -

Lars P. Winther

Executive Producers - Victoria Alonso,
Alan Fine, Michael Grillo and Stan Lee

Executive Producer/Unit Production Manager -

Louis D'Esposito
Producer - Kevin Feige
Co-Producer - Nate Moore
Casting Director - Sarah Finn
Production Designer - Peter Wenham

Head of Visual Development: Marvel -

Ryan Meindering

Co-Head of Visual Development: Marvel -

Charlie Wen

Concept Illustrators - Rodney Fuentebella,

Andrew Kim, Josh Nizzi and Andy Park
Supervising Art Director - Thomas Valentine
Art Directors - Beat Frutiger, Kevin Ishioka
and Steve Christensen (Uncredited)
Set Decorator - Leslie Pope

Property Master - Russell Bobbitt
Costume Designer - Judianna Makovsky

Makeup Department Head - Allan A. Apone

Hair Department Head - Camille Friend
Director of Photography - Trent Opaloch

Director of Photography: Second Unit - Igor Meglic

"A" Camera Operator - Andrew Rowlands

Aerial Cinematographer - David B. Nowell

"C" Camera Operator: Second Unit -

Jacques Hatkin

"A" Camera First Assistant - Taylor Matheson

Unit Production Manager - JoAnn Perritano

Supervising Location Manager - James Lin

First Assistant Directors: Second Unit -

Douglas Plasse and Nick Satriano

Second Assistant Directors - Gregory Hale

and Brian Relyea

Second Unit Director/Stunt Coordinator -
Spiro Razatos

Underwater Director of Photography - Pete Romano
Stunt Coordinator - Thomas Robinson Harper
Stunt Co-Coordinator - Casey O'Neill

Stunt Coordinator: Second Unit - Andy Gill

Fight Choreographer - Chris Carnel
Fight Choreographer/Stunt Double: Bucky

Barnes/Winter Solider - James Young

Aerial Coordinator/Pilot - Kevin LaRosa

Helicopter Ground Coordinator - Kevin LaRosa II
Special Effects Supervisor - Daniel Sudick

Suit Construction Supervisors: Legacy Effects -

Lindsay MacGowan and Shane Mahan

On-Set Coordinator: Legacy Effects -

Christopher Swift
Visual Effects Supervisor - Dan Deleeuw

Visual Effects Supervisor: Second Unit -

Geoffrey Baumann

Visual Effects Supervisor: ILM - Russell Earl

Visual Effects Supervisor: Scanline VFX -

Bryan Grill

Visual Effects Supervisor: Sony Pictures

Imageworks - Peter G. Travers

Visual Effects Supervisor: RISE Visual Effects

Studios - Florian Gellinger

Visual Effects Supervisor: Whiskytree - Votch Levi

Visual Effects Supervisor: Lola VFX - Edson Williams

VFX Supervisor: Cantina Creative - Stephen Lawes

Additional Visual Effects Supervisors: Scanline

VFX - Danielle Plantec and Stephan Trojansky

Visual Effects Producer - Jen Underdahl

Visual Effects Producer: Whiskytree - Jonathan Harb

Visual Effects Producer: RISE Visual Effects -

Robert Pinnow
Animation Supervisor: ILM - Steve Rawlins

Animation Supervisor: Scanline VFX - Bernd Angerer

Animation Supervisor: Luma Pictures -

Raphael A. Pimentel

Lead CG Supervisor: ILM - Daniel Pearson

CGI Supervisors: ILM - Tim Belsher, Jose Burgos,

Greg Kegel, Jean LaPointe and Scott Younkin

Creature Supervisor: ILM - Kaori Ogino

Digital Model Supervisor: ILM - Bruce Holcomb

Viewpaint Supervisor: ILM - Ron Woodall

Compositing Supervisor: ILM - Francois Lambert

Compositing Supervisors: Scanline VFX -

Stefano Trivelli and Brian Connor

Supervising Sound Editors - Shannon Mills

and Daniel Laurie
Sound Designers - David C. Hughes

and Al Nelson

Re-Recording Sound Mixers - Tom Johnson

and Juan Peralta

Additional Re-Recording Mixer - Christopher Scarabosio

Foley Artists: Skywalker Sound - Ronni Brown

and Sean England

Film Editors - Jeffrey Ford and
Matthew Schmidt
Music - Henry Jackman

Music Supervisor - Dave Jordan

Review

If memory serves, back in 2011, I posted my review of the first Captain America movie when it came out in theatres. A few years have passed, and in return, the star-spangled American hero is back for his exciting sequel. The mighty Marvel brand has shown no sign of ceasing its mega-hit movies soon. Disney owns Marvel and is known for greenlighting Marvel's projects. First things come first in CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER, which you could describe as a patriotic/espionage action blockbuster. It's an improvement on Iron Man 3 and Thor: The Dark World, even though I'm not a fan of the Marvel heroes.

In terms of acting, the originals, like Chris Evans, who was getting used to the costume of being the original American superhero. We have Robert Redford as one of the supporting cast, as he plays a senior authority figure in S.H.I.E.L.D. Though he is a veteran actor, I haven't seen much of his talented work. Sebastian Stan comes back in the sequel and is perfect as the arch-foe.

It worked hard to write that I'm no fan of Captain America since he represents a foreign country, and I am a pure-born-Aussie. I had only read one comic issue of Captain America roughly 30 times and set to the decade where he is unfrozen. THE WINTER SOLDIER is an all-time great feature, just going to be a near-perfect addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Star rating: (8/10) Very Good Movie

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