Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Captain America: The Winter Soldier continues after the events of The Avengers, Captain Rogers clearly has a daily routine, working out and preparing for the next mission. However the mission he has been tasked with causes some serious after effects, without revealing too much of the plot away Captain Rogers uncovers that Nick Fury has been withholding information from him. The Winter Soldier makes his appearance during a long car chase sequence and whom is officially identified after the death of a beloved character, it is believed that the Winter Soldier is just a myth but agent Romanoff denies this when she confirms to the Cap that she has seen him once in combat, a memory that has literary scarred her. Cap then finds himself being hunted down by the agency (S.H.I.E.L.D) on the basis that he is keeping important information to himself about the death of a character, while trying to decide who to trust within the agency Romanoff joins him on his own personal mission.

We are slowly introduced to newcomer Sam Wilson, played by Antony Mackie, whom stars a comic book hero Falcon. Wilson may not have superpower abilities but he sure does have a suit that transforms into wings, very much like Ironman but obviously with wings.

The search and rescue scene was quite hard to keep on track of, as the camera movements were all over the place, though I'm glad there trying out different movements. However this sequence just made you feel sea sick, so maybe that was the effect they were going for and if so it worked. 

The true identity of the Winter Solider is revealed midway through the film, though the surprise effect of who it is might be stripped away for some, as trailers have been airing revealing the identity of this character which takes away the suspense. 

I'm not sure about the take down of S.H.I.E.L.D as there is currently a TV series airing so I don't know how much longer that will be, however I do know there will be a crossover in the episode that airs this week.

As always we heard references of the New York event which happened in The Avengers and also a hint of another superhero movie in the works with the mention of Stephen Strange, who is known in the Marvel universe as Doctor Strange.

I haven't got a clue where the next installment is going, though we might have some more insight after the release of the Avengers: Age of Ultron which releases in 2015.

Make you you stick around after the post credits, there are two scenes to watch out for, the latter being we get introduced to two newcomers who will be appearing in the Avengers sequel, twins Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch, a brother and sister duo who are in fact the children of Magneto. Due to the rights dispute there will currently be two Quickslivers coming to our screens, with Evan Peters playing Quicksilver in the next X-Men installment and Aaron Taylor-Johnson playing Quicksliver in the Avengers.

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I saw this film on the UK release day, March 26th, the US release date is April 4th.
As always this is an honest review.

CHRIS EVANS TO QUIT ACTING

With the release of Captain America: The Winter Soldier Variety published an article with Chris Evans, who revealed that he will not be returning to acting after the completion on all the Marvel films that he's contracted to do, but will instead focus on his directing career.

“I’ve known for a while I wanted to direct,” Evans says. “But (time) never really opens up. There’s another movie to do, there’s another acting job. It just got to a point where I was like, you know what — I have to do this.”

“If I’m acting at all, it’s going to be under Marvel contract, or I’m going to be directing,” he says. “I can’t see myself pursuing acting strictly outside of what I’m contractually obligated to do.”

“Without these movies, I wouldn’t be directing,” he reckons. “They gave me enough overseas recognition to greenlight a movie. And if I’m speaking extremely candidly, it’s going to continue to do that for as long as the Marvel contract runs.”