He’s shaken by that confrontation, which is why, when presented with the Secretary of State’s demand, he agrees to it. Iron Man (Robert Downey, Jr.), backstage after a speech and presentation at M.I.T., is confronted by the mother of one of the Avengers’ victims in Sokovia (played with fierce and quiet purpose by Alfre Woodard).
command under the terms of the new “Sokovia Accords” or prepare to be pursued, captured, arrested, and tried by the American government. He calls the superheroes onto the carpet and gives them an ultimatum-submit to U.N. The United Nations moves to place the Avengers under its authority, and the American government-in the person of the Secretary of State, Thaddeus Ross (William Hurt)-agrees. The Avengers suddenly become the object of worldwide opprobrium that has been brewing since the catastrophes in New York and Sokovia (from Whedon’s two films, seen here in clips). While thwarting the theft of a tightly guarded biohazardous substance from the Institute for Infectious Diseases, in Lagos, Nigeria, they accidentally set several floors of a skyscraper on fire, resulting in fatalities. The premise involves the Avengers’ propensity for causing collateral damage. Though it depends on the two Avengers movies directed by Joss Whedon, it’s the movie that neither of them is and that both of them could and should have been-a movie of high-relief clarity that brings the characteristics of each figure to the fore and puts them into motion across sharply drawn lines of conflict, relying on a surprising minimum of bombast and sentiment. The film is not the story of one character but a group drama of the Avengers at large. “Captain America: Civil War” is a bit of a misnomer. Photograph Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures / Courtesy Everett What it isn’t is exhilarating or exciting.
The filming in “Captain America: Civil War” is clever, brisk, and thoughtfully engaged.
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