Captain America Civil war is the conclusion of the Captain America trilogy from Marvel. Following on from events in Captain America the Winter Solider and Age of Ultron, the Avengers are coming under renewed pressure to submit to some form of supervision and to reign in their autonomy. Where exactly does Nick Furry stand on this issue we're left wondering, too bad because he doesn't show up to tells us.

I should start off by saying that Civil War was made with a massive budget of $250 million and the scale and scope of the film have been raised yet again into a globe trotting adventure all over Africa, Europe and now even Russia. The Avengers begin to divide over whether or not they should be able to compromise, though the real issue is actually Captain America's loyalty to his friend "Bucky" now a fugitive. The Hulk and Thor are also absent in this film to make way for even more characters such as the introduction of Black Panther, Spider-man, Everett K. Ross (Martin Freeman trying to do an American accent). Black Widow, the Falcon, Iron Man, Hawkeye Vision & Scarlet Witch all return too from Age of Ultron. Juggling all these characters yet still keeping Captain America the centre of the story must have been a nightmare for the script writers and director, as a result the film is 2 and half hours long. Personally I'd like to have seen more from Falcon and Black Widow like we got to see in the Winter Solider bad sadly there wasn't enough room this time.

The film does have some pacing and tonal issues but overall it manages to stay on track and deliver. It's slightly unclear which side we're meant to be behind too as an audience, this is Captain America's film but Tony Stark's position also seems so reasonable that it's equally possible to empathize more with him. Tony Stark is becoming a much more serious character in this film and a lot of the levity and funny lines are given more to Ant Man and Spider-man, certainly their powers and personalities come off as the most lighthearted and colourful now.

The special effects were very impressive and during the airport fight it was actually pretty hard to spot what was green screen and what wasn't. There's also a brilliant sequence where Captain America tries to stop a helicopter from taking off.

On the negative side, I never thought I'd complain about the casting and performances from this film but I thought Don Cheadle is really starting to look old now. I'm afraid too that Chris Evans just came off as a touch wooden at points. The lack of resolution at the end of the film also left me slightly unsatisfied, it's as though these films can't have a clear ending anymore, it felt much more like part 1 finished.

Overall an improvement though over Age of Ultron.