The repartee is cute enough - “You want to say something snappy, NOW would be a good time.” The Captain, Steve Rogers (Evans) and Black Widow, Natasha Romanov (Scarlett Johansson) set out to unravel this mystery, who the new menace is and what the enemy’s masked “Winter Soldier” super-warrior has in his bag of tricks. Nick Fury barely has time to fret over the idea that “to build a really better world, sometimes that means you have to tear the old one down,” when he’s attacked. Robert Redford plays Alexander Pierce, the fellow who lords over the directors of this directorate of this ever burgeoning security empire. (“Strategic Hazard Intervention Espionage Logistics Directorate” in the comics) is plainly a multi-national agency that’s reaching beyond its “fight evil, protect Earth” mandate. headquarters to the Stalinesque uniform that Nick Fury (Samuel L. brought to the first “Captain America.” The co-directors of “You, Me and Dupree” serve up a pretty generic sequel, with inconsequential villains and predictable flourishes, an epic whose epic effects lack grandeur.įrom its quasi-fascist logo and overly-imposing D.C. There are clever ways the story folds back into the first “Captain America” film’s world, great effects and a retro-future tech that is fascinating.īut “The Winter Soldier” lacks that lump-in-the-throat heart that Evans, Johnston & Co. The superhuman efforts director Joe Johnston made to persuade Chris Evans to re-enlist in the comic book movie universe as “Captain America” pay more dividends in “Captain America: The Winter Soldier.”Įvans, that perfect specimen of American manhood, really sells the earnestness, the dry wit, the sense of duty and righteousness of the icon of American values that he represents in this sequel, even if Johnston isn’t around to direct it.Īnd it’s great that “The Winter Soldier” is actually about something, a comic book spin on privacy and civil liberties issues straight out of today’s data mining headlines.
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