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Captain America: Civil War – Who’s Battling Who And Why?

It’s all well and good cramming countless popular heroes into your movie, and then making your movie about those heroes being on two sides of an epic conflict, but it’s tricky to keep the individual plot arcs straight in the mind. With the exception of Black Panther and Spider-Man, each of the heroic characters in Captain America: Civil War is coming in to the movie with a history and plot that is already established in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. That’s at least 11 threads to tie together in a coherent fashion.
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Published: Apr 28, 2016 11:24 am

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Of course, Captain America (Chris Evans) is battling – it’s still his film, even though there are more superheroes appearing in this than the actual team up movie, Avengers: Age Of Ultron. The point here is that Captain America has had something of a change of heart since he first appeared in Captain America: The First Avenger. While he was initially depicted as a by-the-book, follow-your-orders kind of guy, this film is where that personality trait does a complete about-face.

It is hardly surprising, considering that his previous franchise outing – Captain America: The Winter Soldier – saw him drawn into battle due to nefarious infiltration of S.H.I.E.L.D. Surely, anyone would be distrustful of authority after a bunch of bad guys, posing as good guys, force you to jump out of a moving elevator. Add to that the fact that the authority he is so wary of is apparently rallying against his best friend, Bucky Barnes, and you have all the makings of a giant conflict.

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Sarah Myles is a freelance writer. Originally from London, she now lives in North Yorkshire with her husband and two children.
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