The film is directed by Joe Russo and Anthony Russo and stars Chris Evans as Steve Rogers/Captain America, Robert Downey, Jr. The film was released on April 27, 2016, internationally and on May 6, 2016, in the United States. It is the thirteenth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and the first installment of Phase Three. The film is a sequel to Captain America: The First Avenger, Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Avengers: Age of Ultron. Forever." ― Helmut Zemo to Steve RogersĬaptain America: Civil War is a 2016 superhero film, based on the Marvel Comics superhero of the same name. But one which crumbles from within? That's dead. Through Sin and The Serpent Society, there’s an opportunity to draw parallels between Nazism and the extreme patriotism and MAGA theatrics coiled around present-day America.Īnd, as highlighted in Robert Morales and Kyle Backer’s Truth: Red, White & Black, a number of the tactics and human experiments America utilized in the 20 th century were borrowed by the Nazis."An empire toppled by its enemies can rise again. Sin would allow for some of those Red Skull stories to come to fruition and provide an interesting foil to Wilson, as she is a second-generation character and a female villain, which we’ve yet to see in a Captain America movie. For a character who is Steve Rogers’ nemesis, his role felt all too brief. We never got to see the full menace of the Red Skull in the MCU as we did in the comics. The Red Skull’s daughter, better known as Sin, feels like the perfect fit should the film further tackle legacy and what it means to be shackled to a mantle or break free of it. Sinthea Shmidt would make a formidable villain for Captain America. Welcome dear readers, nerds, and nerdlings, to THE GUTTER, a weekly exploration of the concepts, criticisms, and curiosities that live between the panels of comic books and their adaptations. Still, just because Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) is out of the picture, it doesn’t mean that his adventures, allies, and adversaries can’t also find their way into Captain America 4 and offer no shortage of challenges.īut with Sam Wilson donning the shield we’re about to see a very different Captain America, one who could change the Marvel Cinematic Universe for the better by staying true to some of the way this version of Cap was portrayed in the comics. There are plenty of Sam Wilson-centric stories to pull from. So, what’s in store for the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s new Star-Spangled Man? As always, the comics will chart the path. From 2014 to 2017, Sam Wilson was Captain America, and it was glorious. While there’s no word yet on whether Wilson’s partner, Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan), will return for Captain America 4, it’s hard to imagine he won’t be in the mix given how closely tied their journeys have been so far - not to mention the offscreen friendship between Mackie and Stan. Just as The Falcon and the Winter Soldier before it, it’s expected that Captain America 4 will tackle the politics and motivations of modern America that are inseparable from race and Wilson’s status as a Black man and a military veteran. Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie) is the new Captain America.
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