Monday, May 9, 2016

Captain America: Civil War Review












Captain America: Civil War


Release Date: 28th April 2016 - Australia


Production Companies
Marvel Studios (presents)
Vita-Ray Dutch Productions (a co-production of)
Studio Babelsberg (co-production of)

Distribution
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Australia


Genre: Action

Rating: M

Runtime: 170 minutes


Budget: $250,000,000

Box Office Gross: $1,153,337,496 (Worldwide)


Plot Summary
When another international incident involving the Avengers causes the government to push a registered act limiting their actions, the arrogant Tony Stark, also known as Iron Man, believes that superheroes should register before doing more collateral damage. On the other hand, Captain America stands for the principles of freedom and feels that saving the world is more important than relying on the government to solve these crises. It causes
a rift between the two in their
friendship and the Avengers.

Then, their disagreement would escalate into an all-out war with two factions divided, and Steve must fight to protect his old friend Bucky Barnes, who gets framed for a crime that he did not commit, and his life is now in jeopardy.


Cast
Chris Evans - Steve Rogers/
Captain America
Robert Downey, Jr. - Tony
Stark/Iron Man
Scarlett Johansson - Natasha
Romanoff/Black Widow
Sebastian Stan - Bucky
Barnes/Winter Solider
Anthony Mackie - Sam
Wilson/The Falcon
Don Cheadle - Lt. James
Rhode/War Machine
Chadwick Boseman -
T'Challa/Black Panther
Elizabeth Olsen - Wanda
Maximoff/Scarlet Witch
Paul Bettany - Vision
Jeremy Renner - Clint
Barton/Hawkeye
Paul Rudd - Scott Lang/Ant-Man
Emily VanCamp - Sharon Carter
Tom Holland - Peter Parker/
Spider-Man
Frank Rillo - Brock Rumlow/
Crossbones
William Hurt - Secretary of State Thaddeus Ross
Daniel Brühl - Zemo
John Slattery - Howard Stark
Hope Davis - Maria Stark
Kerry Condon - F.R.I.D.A.Y. (Voice)
Martin Freeman - Everett Ross
Marisa Tomei - Aunt May
John Kani - King T'Chaka
Alfre Woodard - Miriam
Jackson Spidell - Josef/
Super Solider #1
Yi Long - Super Solider #2
Heidi Moneymaker - Super
Solider #3
Aaron Toney - Super Solider #4
Cale Schultz - Super Solider #5
Ann Russo - Zemo's Wife (Voice)
Gene Farber - Karpov
Florence Kasumba - Security Chief
Amelia Morck - UN Staffer Gibson
Joe Rosso - Dr. Broussard (Cameo)
Stan Lee - FedEx Driver (Cameo)

Crew
Directors - Anthony & Joe Russo
Based on the Marvel Comics - Joe Simon
and Jack Kirby
Based on the Comic Book "Civil War" -
Mark Millar (Uncredited)
Screenplay - Christopher Markus and
Stephen McFeely
Associate Producer/First Assistant Director -
Lars P. Winther
Executive Producers - Victoria Alonso,
Louis D'Esposito, Alan Fine, Stan Lee
and Nate Moore
Executive Producer/Unit Production Manager -
Patricia Whitcher
Producer - Kevin Feige
Co-Producers - Mitchell Bell, Christoph Fisser,
Henning Molfenter and Charlie Woebcken
Military Consultant - James D. Dever
Casting Director - Sarah Finn
Production Designer - Owen Paterson
Marvel Head of Visual Development - Ryan Meinerding
Lead Visual Development Concept Illustrator  -
Andy Park
Visual Development Concept Illustrators -
Rodney Fuentebella, Jackson Sze,
Phil Saunders and Josh Nizzi
Supervising Art Director - Greg Berry
Art Directors - David Scott and
Gregory S. Hooper
Art Director: Germany Unit - Stephan O. Gessler
Motorcycle Coordinator - Justin Kell
Set Decorator - Ronald R. Reiss
Property Master - Russell Bobbitt
Costume Designer - Judianna Mavkosky
Hair Department Head - Camille Friend
Director of Photography - Trent Opaloch
Director of Photography: Brazil Unit - Dante Belluti
Director of Photography: Second Unit,
Germany - Jacques Haitkin
Director of Photography: Second Unit -
James Whitaker
Aerial Director of Photography - David B. Nowell
Aerial Director of Photography: Germany
Unit - Jeremy Braben
Camera Operators: Second Unit - Richard Cantu,
Eric Laudadio and Charles Schner
"A" Camera First Assistant - Taylor Matheson
Unit Production Manager - Leeann Stonebreaker
Supervising Location Manager - James Lin
Key Second Assistant Director: Second Unit,
Germany - Tom Edmondson
Floor Second Assistant Director: Second Unit,
Germany - Tom Browne
Second Unit Director/Stunt Coordinator -
Spiro Razatos
Second Unit Directors - David Leitch,
Darrin Prescott and Chad Stahelski
Stunt and Fight Coordinator - Sam Hargrave
Supervising Stunt Coordinators - Doug Coleman
and Mickey Giacomazzi
Fight Choreographer - James Young
Aerial Coordinator - Kevin LaRosa
Picture Car Coordinator - Dennis McCarthy
Special Effects Supervisor - Daniel Sudick
Special Effects Supervisor: Second Unit,
Germany - Gerd Nefzer
Physical Suit Effects Supervisors: Legacy Effects -
Lindsay MacGowan and Shane Mahan
On-Set Suit Coordinator: Legacy Effects -
Christopher Swift
Senior Visual Effects Supervisor: Double
Negative - Paul J. Franklin
Visual Effects Supervisor - Dan Deleeuw
Visual Effects Supervisor: ILM - Russell Earl
Visual Effects Supervisor: Method Studios -
Greg Steele
Visual Effects Supervisor: RISE Visual Effects
Studios - Florian Gellinger
Visual Effects Supervisor: Lola Visual Effects -
Trent Claus
Visual Effects Supervisor: Cinesite -
Simon Stanley-Clamp
Visual Effects Supervisors: Cantina Creative -
Stephen Lawes and Alan Torres
Visual Effects Supervisor: Animal Logic -
Paul Butterworth
Visual Effects Associate Supervisor -
Swen Gillberg
Visual Effects Producer - Jen Underdahl
Visual Effects Producer: ILM - Katherine Farrar
Visual Effects Producer: Method Studios -
Karey Maltzhan
Visual Effects Producer: Cantina Creative -
Donna Cullen
Visual Effects Producer: Technicolor VFX -
Marie Rheinschild-Jordan
Senior Animation Supervisor: Method Studios -
Keith Roberts
Animation Supervisor: ILM - Steve Rawlins
Animation Supervisor: Method Studios -
Daniel Mizuguchi
Animation Supervisor: Luma Pictures -
Raphael A. Pimentel
CG Supervisor: Double Negative - Stephen Aplin
Digital Model Supervisor: ILM - Bruce Holcomb
Compositing Supervisors: ILM -
Francois Lambert and Jean LaPointe
Compositing Supervisor: Lola Visual Effects -
Edson Williams
Asset Supervisor: Image Engine - Barry Poon
3D Stereoscopic Supervisor - Evan Jacobs
Editors - Jeffrey Ford and Matthew Schmidt
Supervising Sound Editors - Shannon Mills
and Daniel Laurie
Sound Designers - David C. Hughes and
Nia Hansen
Sound Mixer: Second Unit - Whit Norris
Dialogue Editors - Cheryl Nardi and
Stuart McCowan
Re-Recording Mixers - Tom Johnson
and Juan Peralta
Foley Artists - John Roesch and Shelley Roden
Music - Henry Jackman
Music Supervisor - Dave Jordan
Score Mixer - Alan Meyerson


Review
After watching DC's latest mild disappointment, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, I decided to write a review for the recent film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR. However, the latter is better than anything DC has put out recently. The story is much better in development with heaps of action sequences. The film is also a significant improvement on Age of Ultron. Thankfully, the movie resolves in a thrilling climax, almost bigger than Batman v Superman's but with more grit and emotion.

Almost all of the players from the previous Marvel movies have returned for their roles. Even new actors were added, especially for this film. The best of these roles would be Tom Holland for his recent interpretation of Spider-Man, who has only shown up in the mid-half of the feature and could be a better version of the character than the role portrayed by Andrew Garfield or Tobey Maguire.

Frankly, CIVIL WAR feels more like an Avengers movie than a standalone film compared to the last two Captain America hits. It is a spontaneous, thrilling superhero epic that everyone will enjoy and watch multiple times in either format. Please don't miss out on this film before you regret it!

Star rating: (10/10) Best Movie Ever

2 comments:

  1. This one did feel more like an Avengers movie than a Cap one, but I don't think of it as a very good thing. They focused too little on Cap. I saw a lot more flaws in it than you did, but I do agree it was better than BvS, definitely. I loved the action style and how much of it there was, and Spider-Man and the other guest characters were fun. Didn't care for the politics or a lot of the related drama, but some drama was quite good -- with Cap and Bucky and T'Challa. Glad you liked it!

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    1. Thanks for the feedback! I eventually disagree about some negativity of what you said about the movie. You are right about Spider-Man and the other Marvel characters, they are fun indeed!

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