Starring- Chris Evans, Scarlett Johnansson, Anthony Mackie, Frank Grillo, Sebastian Stan, Cobie Smulders, Robert Redford, and Samuel L. Jackson

Captain America: The Winter Soldier 8/10- After seeing Thor: The Dark World, I was skeptical at how this sequel of Captain America will turn out. The Dark World was such a disappointment that I was almost certain that Captain America: The Winter Soldier would be nothing more than a good trailer. I was dead wrong. Captain America has earned the right to be mentioned in the same breathe as The Avengers and Iron Man. The plot of this film is by far superior than any other Marvel entry and the connections that it makes with the original film while still moving on to the next- stage of film making is without a doubt the biggest accomplishment of this picture.

The thing that made this sequel unique from all of the other Marvel films, with the exception of possibly Iron Man, is the enemy. Most of the Marvel films have a foreign enemy, an enemy that comes from a competing company, country, or realm. The Winter Soldiers enemy comes from S.H.I.E.L.D.This enemy is apart of the organization that swore to protect the world. That is the reason that Steve Rogers A.K.A. Captain America joined S.H.I.E.L.D. The way they introduce this new enemy is something that really keeps you entertained and wondering what will happen next.

All of the new and returning characters were a great choice of being added to this film. I was glad that this film focuses on the inner-workings of S.H.I.E.L.D. I was wondering which sequel Natasha Romanoff, who is played by Scarlett Johansson, would play in and they made they best choice of putting her in this one. Nick Fury, who is played by Samuel L. Jackson, was the obvious slam-dunk choice for this film and I was glad to see that he is more involved in this movie. It would have not been the same without him.

The acting is really secondary to all of the other aspects of the film but I would still like to point out some performances that no one else could have done better. The Chris Evans- Scarlett Johansson duo really was a breathe of fresh air considering that a lot of the superhero movies of today feature more solo heroes. They both had great chemistry together and I easily believed that they were going on secret-missions for years. I really have to applaud Chris Evans because I feel like he has tremendous potential as an actor. Seeing him play the too cool for rules, playboy Human Torch in Fantastic Four to seeing him play the straight-laced soldier in Captain America, it just seems like his acting can only go up at this point and he was without a doubt a perfect choice for this film. Samuel L. Jackson is without a doubt the master of the all wise but very angry leader of everyone, and his character Nick Fury is a great of example of that.

Again, none of the other Marvel movies even compare to how great of a plot this film has. This aspect alone is enough to make it an enjoyable movie experience, and when you factor in all of the others parts of the movie, Captain America: The Winter Soldier goes above and beyond in every way. I definitely recommend this as your first choice walking into the theater.

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