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 also improves significantly 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. However, 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

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