'Captain America: Civil War' review | Do not miss Marvel's most epic superhero movie so far!

Movie: Captain America: Civil War ​
Director: Anthony & Joe Russo
Cast: Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr, Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Tom Holland, Paul Rudd, Anthony Mackie, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Bettany, Jeremy Renner, Daniel Brühl

The MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe) is a strange and wonderful place. Strange, because the kind of movies they're churning out now, is something they would never have, let's say a decade ago. Wonderful? Well, because they are working. Each and every title they're putting out -- from the biggest superheroes to the tiniest (literally!) -- is finding fans and making money, lots of it. Wonderful, because this means that now, they won't hold back and the lesser known heroes will have their time in the sun. But hey, enough of grandstanding and on with the review.

The Captain America of Civil War is older (though it doesn't show at all) and every Avenger is still reeling from the aftermath of Sokovia (see Age Of Ultron to know why). An event of that proportion was going to have colossal collateral damage. And there were going to be people caught in the crossfire with an axe to grind.

It happens in Lagos, Nigeria. A group of possible eco-terrorists breaks into a Centre for Infectious Diseases outpost to steal a biological weapon, even as some of the Avengers, under Captain America's command, try to foil their plans. The terrorists fail, but the Avengers are unable to save innocents.

Obviously, there's a backlash. And the UN wants control. They seek controls to be put in place. Tony Stark aka Iron Mon agrees with Secretary of State Thaddeus Ross in getting the supers to adhere to what they call The Sokovia Accords (guilty much about creating Ultron?) while Steve Rogers aka Captain America feels the superpowered team is best governed from within, by themselves. It splits the Avengers into two groups.

More so, when King T'Chaka of Wakanda is assassinated in Vienna during a peace conference and Steve's best buddy The Winter Soldier aka Bucky Barnes is spotted on cameras walking away from the scene, hell boils over. T'Chaka's son T'Challa seeks revenge. When Steve finds Bucky, he doesn't remember a thing and insists he was never in Vienna. And that he's being framed.

Of course, there's a standoff. Of course, sides are taken. Of course, skeletons tumble out of closets when you least expect them. Of course, new superheroes are introduced to the larger scheme of things -- the bigger picture, if you will. The first half builds and builds on the conflict of ideologies and friendships while the second half is what happens when actions meet reactions.

Now to the good parts. Peter Parker aka Spider-Man is introduced to the gang. You're going to love Tom Holland. He's perfectly cast. Paul Rudd as Scott Lang/ Ant-Man and Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch get ample screen time. You're excited for Chadwick Boseman's entry into the franchise as T'Challa aka Black Panther. The rest of the Avengers are the reason you buy the ticket in the first place. Brühl plays the main villain Zemo, who keeps you guessing about his intentions for bringing down the Avengers. Is he Hydra, Kree, or something altogether different?

It's disappointing that the Hulk was benched for this one. Thor was left attending to all matters Asgardian. Agent Carter well, grew old... and died. Hawkeye returns a little too late. Vision gets to pontificate a lot. You begin to get the idea he's getting too possessive of Wanda. And that, on some levels, is creepy. Tony is undergoing a trial separation from Pepper, he's hurting from all the accusations from people who lost loved ones in the Avengers' battles to save the world.

Well, in closing, you're going to find a million excuses to watch this film anyway. I'll give you a few. Evans has never looked better, RDJ's cocky Stark has never looked so unsure of himself. Their face-off (you know it's coming!) is to be watched to be believed. ScarJo's Black Widow is in top form. Tom Holland looks all set to become the best-Spider-Man ever.

Screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely never let your interest dip and the Russos make sure everybody gets a line (or more) in. This is a build-up to other movies and to keep with it, you have to watch this movie to the very end - there's a mid-credit teaser as well as one that rolls after all the end credits have.

Don't miss a minute of it! Batman Vs Superman ought to take lessons on how to make a superhero vs superhero film from Civil War. 

Rating: ****