Anthony and Joe Russo are well known for their work on Captain America: The Winter Soldier. When this journalist found out that they were to direct Captain America: Civil War, he was extremely excited, and had a good reason to be.

Captain America: Civil War is based on the famous comic series, Civil War, featuring all of the Avengers and other teams within the Marvel Universe fighting over a legislation act that Congress passed called the Superhero Registration Act. This act would require anyone with superhuman abilities to be under official regulation.

This act began after a string of superheroes destroyed public areas and accidentally killed people. Tony Stark, aka Iron Man, and Reed Richards, aka Mr. Fantastic, both led the group that was for the act, whereas Steve Rogers, aka Captain America, led the group that was against the act and did not register under it, classifying anyone on Steve’s side as a rogue superhero.

The movie, however, was different in many ways from the original 7-issue comic series, but kept in tune with the original idea of the comics.

The movie starts out quickly, with Steve Rogers (Chris Evans), Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen), Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie), and Natasha Romanoff (Scarlett Johansson) on a mission to stop Crossbones (Frank Grillo) from getting a mystery serum. As a result of this, about five floors of a building explodes and many innocent civilians are killed. This forces the U.N. to pass the Superhero Registration Act, which forces all superheroes to register and follow the direct orders of the government before acting out on their own, dividing the team in two.

Two separate teams are formed after this, one led by Steve and the other led by Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.). On Steve’s side, there’s Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan), Sam, Wanda, Clint Barton, aka Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner), and Scott Lang, aka Ant-Man (Paul Rudd). On Tony’s side, there’s T’Challa, aka Black Panther, who is now the new king of the kingdom of Wakanda (Chadwick Boseman), Vision (Paul Bettany), Natasha, Rhody (Don Cheadle), and Spiderman (Tom Holland).

In the midst of all this, Bucky is the one blamed for the attack that was actually caused by the villain of the movie, Helmut Zemo (Daniel Bruhl), who was doing all of this to tear the team apart after they indirectly caused his wife and child to be killed in Slovakia.

The movie ends with the team completely split in two, all of those on Steve’s side forming what, in comics, is known as the Secret Avengers, and all of those on Tony’s side forming the New Avengers. We see Bucky willingly freezing himself once again, so he can’t cause anymore trouble, and will stay in the deep forest of Wakanda.

This movie was incredible. From the special effects, to the humor, to the overall plot, it was definitely one of Marvel’s best movies. The Russo brothers did an excellent job in making the movie suspenseful at every turn, but adding in humor in appropriate parts to lighten the movie.

The movie made a whooping 179 million dollars in the box office during its opening weekend, making almost as much as the original Avengers movie, which was a phenomenal start to the ever-expanding universe.

Captain America: Civil War managed to take one of the most iconic comic series in the Marvel Universe and turned it into an enjoyable experience for all ages. The Russo brothers were able to take existing characters that everyone loves and turn them against each other, while introducing three new characters that will appear in later films. The best part about this is that they were able to juggle all of these heroes as well as a new villain, all while keeping the movie coherent and keeping the audience on the edge of their seats at all times.

Overall, this movie was definitely one of Marvel’s best movies. Its humor added to the storyline, which was fantastic on every account. The next Marvel movie, Doctor Strange, has a lot to live up to for sure.