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Sunday, August 31, 2014

CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER (2014)

Coming back after decades of being put "on ice", Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) is still adjusting to life in an America that isn't the flag-waving, uber-patriotic place he left behind.  But sticking to his ideals and beliefs become even more important when a vicious (and pretty awesomely-filmed) assassination attempt at S.H.I.E.L.D. director Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) forces Rogers to distrust even those around him he's thought of as his closest allies.  Suddenly seen as a traitor by his own organization, as Captain America he becomes determined to get to the truth of who is friend and who is foe - all the while chasing down the elusive Winter Soldier, an enemy who will strike much closer to home than he'd ever realized.  Incredible action, fight sequences, effects, all wrapped around a beautifully-crafted film with Evans' sympathetic hero at its center, make this one of the best "superhero" films ever made.  In fact, if I may so so, it's downright "Marvel-ous". (rated PG-13)  *****

CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER trailer

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