# Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)

It’s peak Marvel ironic detachment to see Captain America, the Marvel epitome of decency and rightness, making jokes during a hostage rescue about how everyone he used to know and care about is dead.

• The fights where it was just people punching and kicking each other were fantastic. Exciting moves, clearly shot long takes - thrilling stuff
• The other fights were kind of drab and overwhelming in that typical Marvel way
• Nothing about this plot will surprise you. For a spy thriller, it is short on thrills
• But it has some moments - I could have watched Captain America talk to 50’s era AI Arnim Zola forever, and Anthony Mackie stole every scene he was in
• The bodycount of this one is exceptional. Hundreds for sure, perhaps north of a thousand?