Film 34 - Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Captain America - The Winter Soldier

Take Marvel out of this film and all you are left with is a brilliant spy/espionage thriller, put Marvel back in and it just gets better!

I have seemingly turned my lovely wife into a Marvel Geek, having watched all the current Marvel Films (Avengers related) Clare is now a big fan of all things Super-Hero.

I thought the First Avenger was a mediocre film that had some good bits but more dull bits, Cap 2 blows all previous films out of the water for me.

The bar has been set higher since the release of Avengers Assemble and TWS takes the bar up another level.  The action scenes are thrilling, the main and side characters are great to watch (mainly Scarlett Johansson - and Clare wont mind me saying that), and the Winter Soldier is a great nemesis.

We get to see a little more character to Nick Fury as well which is never a bad thing, and the car chase scene which is his pinnacle moment is just superb.

There are some great references throughout the film for geeks to spot (I know, being a geek, I think I picked up on a lot more that the general watcher - including the potential of Dr Strange to be on screen soon), and the usual cameo of Stan the Man raised a little smile from Clare.

Is it perfect? no, but it is what a super hero film should be.  Very funny, very entertaining and very watchable.

I don't want to say much about the film as there are too many spoiler points, but this is definitely a game changer for the Marvel Universe, and don't be like 90% of the audience who must not have seen a Marvel Film at the cinema before....do not leave when the credits start to roll!