"Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice" isn't the only blockbuster comic book movie that will feature superheroes going head-to-head this year. Marvel's "Captain America: Civil War" will arrive in two months and will pit Robert Downey Jr.'s Iron Man against Chris Evans' Captain America. "Civil War" will kick off Marvel's slate of Phase Three films and will feature Marvel Cinematic Universe mainstays such as Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner), Falcon (Anthony Mackie) and War Machine (Don Cheadle). But it is the new characters being introduced - specifically Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman) and Spider-Man (Tom Holland) - that are generating the most buzz.
Marvel has begun screening early versions of "Civil Wa,r" and responses are overwhelmingly positive thus far. The new film is said to play like a direct sequel to "The Winter Soldier" and less like "The Avengers 2.5" as some have tagged it.
Devin Faraci of Birth. Movies. Death. is hearing that "Civil War" will be Marvel's next big hit.
"The movie is fully a sequel to The Winter Soldier," he wrote. "I've been telling you this for a while, but now that the film is finished it seems to be confirmed - this isn't Avengers 2.5, but rather Captain America 3, and it truly focuses on Cap and Bucky. I have been told that Spider-Man is great, and that the film doesn't waste time on retelling his origin story. We all get it, and the movie just moves along."
Spider-Man has always been a fan-favorite among both comic book readers and moviegoers, but it appears as if Black Panther is also striking a chord as well.
"I've been told that Black Panther is phenomenal, and that Chadwick Boseman is a major addition to the MCU," Faraci added. "This movie picks up the pieces of Avengers: Age of Ultron in surprising and human ways and makes us feel the true cost of Sokovia. And I've been told that the last half of the film is brutal, both physically and emotionally."
Piggybacking off that last point, it sounds as if the conclusion of the film is truly gut-wrenching as both main characters are seen as sympathetic and justified.
"One person told me that the last act plays out as an emotional horror movie because the film gives both Tony and Steve solid reasoning, and because it truly makes you feel the depths of this schism," Faraci said.
"Captain America: Civil War" will be released on May 6.
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