April 7, 2014

Captain America: The Winter Soldier



Captain America: The Winter Soldier, 2014. Super secret spies are so secret they don't know their own secrets.

Directed by Anthony & Joe Russo. Written by Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely, based on books by Ed Brubaker, Joe Simon, & Jack Kirby. Starring Chris Evans & Scarlett Johansson, with Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Redford, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Cobie Smulders, & Frank Grillo.

Concept: B
Story: B
Characters: B
Dialog: B
Pacing: C
Cinematography: B
Special effects/design: B
Acting: B
Music: C
Enjoyment: It's great - nearly Avengers great - for the first two thirds or so. Then it gets boring. The quality of the action plummets, the plot "twists" are disappointingly unclever, and the banter disappears. B

GPA: 2.8/4

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