![]() ![]() In the books the “Superhero Registration Act” was an allegory for the Patriot Act with each side debating when measures taken for public safety end and the invasion of privacy begins. Civil War explores a powerful political question in the post-9/11 world: What role should government regulation play in modern America? The comic books are much more political than the film, but audiences will probably come away debating the same questions. Team Iron Man: War Machine, Black Panther, Black Widow, Spider-Man and Vision Team Cap: Bucky Barnes, Falcon, Scarlet Witch, Hawkeye and Ant-Man But the film has been heavily marketed based on which heroes are #TeamCap and which are #TeamIronMan, and the trailer gives it away. We won’t spoil how Ant-Man finds his way to Captain America or how Iron Man first meets Spider-Man (one of the movie’s best scenes). Half of the fun of Civil War is watching Iron Man and Captain America recruit different superheroes to their side - it’s like the scariest game of dodgeball ever. He makes it his mission to get to him before the authorities can, while Iron Man decides to help the government catch Bucky. When Bucky is blamed for a terrorist attack in Civil War, Captain America refuses to believe Bucky is truly responsible. Bucky was captured by the evil organization Hydra and weaponized. Those who saw Captain America: The Winter Soldier will remember that Bucky is a friend of Captain America from his childhood days in Brooklyn. There’s another complication: Bucky a.k.a. Government control is an invasion of their freedom and just a first step toward fascism-remember, the guy just woke up from a battle with the Nazis. ![]() “What if they won’t send us somewhere we’re needed?” The Brooklyn-born hero argues that the Avengers’ judgment is still the safest. “What if they want to send us somewhere we don’t want to go?” asks Captain America. ![]()
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