Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)


For part 2 of 3, let's get going with Captain America: The Winter Soldier

The Movie:

 The third film of the MCU's Phase 2 and the ninth overall, The Winter Soldier serves as a follow up to both the first Captain America film and The Avengers, though pretty much all of its plot points pick up from the former.  And in case you never saw the first film, this one has enough flashbacks and other narrative devices peppered in that you can get the basic idea.

Now in the present day, Captain America is working with Nick Fury and Black Widow at S.H.I.E.L.D., which is based out of Washington, D.C.  However, all is not right within the agency, as an old threat returns along with a mysterious new enemy, the Winter Soldier, a dangerous assassin.

Appropriately enough, especially with the Washington setting, the movie plays mostly like a political thriller.  And being that, the inclusion of Robert Redford to the cast as a leader within S.H.I.E.L.D. makes it that much better.  The story is well told, with a nice mix of mystery and action.  Plus, it also gives us the first appearance of the superhero Falcon.  All around, one of the better MCU films and my top film of Phase 2.

Presence in the Parks:

As was stated in the last entry, don't expected anything Captain America at WDW any time soon.


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