Captain America (Chris Evans) along with some other Avengers are attempting to prevent terrorists from stealing a deadly virus that is being stored in Africa. They wreck the city and at the end of the fight, Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen) is partially responsible for the deaths of innocents who are working in an office building.
After this unfortunate outcome along with a number of other similar outcomes that one knows about via previous Marvel movies, the United Nations decides to pass the Sokovia Accords, which is meant to oversee the Avengers. A debate among the Avengers breaks out with sides being taken on if they should sign the accords.
When Captain America's friend, Winter Soldier (Sebastian Stan), is spotted setting off a bomb, a definite division between the Avengers occurs. Captain America leads one group while another led by Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr) leads another. This is where the interesting questions start to pop up: who is actually in the right? Iron Man argues that the team needs to work with the UN, considering all the obvious destruction that has happened. A degree of buy-in would be good. Captain America doesn't buy into this argument and when his friend is caught setting off the bomb, he decides to figure out the truth by finding his friend before the UN does. Iron Man and his team attempt to stop Captain America from circumventing the capture of Winter Soldier.
I have to give this movie a mild negative review. I wish the story line was more fascinating. As for the questions it brings up: friendship vs rules; sure these things can be debated, but should those questions be the primary driver of what is supposed to be a popcorn summer movie? An Oscar nominated movie? Most definite. A summer popcorn movie? Those questions should be more in the background.
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