Captain America: Winter Soldier
Stream on Disney+
Runtime: 2 Hours 19 Minutes
Rated PG-13
After running a mission with S.H.I.E.L.D. Captain America is reminded that in the world of spies and espionage there are always secrets. What he wasn’t expecting was traitors amongst S.H.I.E.L.D.’s ranks. After Nick Fury is shot in his apartment he comes to realize that there may be more going on than just secrets and traitors.
Themes:
Captain America, catching up, S.H.I.E.L.D., conspiracies, HYDRA, trust, threat assessment, honor, bravery, sacrifice, living life, doing what is right, the World Security Counsel, infiltration, secrets, double agents, the Winter Soldier, compromise, freedom, traders, security, and Falcon!
Language:
A*s - 1 B*tch - 1 D*mn - 5 Hell - 6 Sh*t - 2 Religious Exclamations - 1
Stuff to be aware of:
Grossness - There is a scene of Nick Fury in surgery. He is given a shot. Black Widow shows Cap a scar on her stomach of where she way shot. The Winter Solider is seen with his shirt off and a metal arm can be seen fused to his skin. Underneath Nick Fury’s eye patch is seen in this movie and it looks prerry rough.
Scary - During the first mission in the movie terrorists have hostages. The terrorists threaten to shoot the hostages if a ransom is not paid. There is an intense car chase involving Nick Fury. The Winter Soldier is “reset” and strapped into a chair in which electricity is sent into his brain. He yells and is in pain.
Sexual - Cap and Black Widow kiss to hide in plain sight. They later talk about this kiss.
Violence - There are multiple fight scenes where Cap punches people, kicks people long distances, and bashes them with his shield. In the beginning of the movie he throws a knife that pins a man’s hand to the wall. During this scene Black Widow wraps a wire around a man’s neck and rides the wire down a shaft shooting multiple people. A man gets shocked in the head by a cattle prod looking weapon. Back Widow beats down several people, shocks one with her wristbands, and clubs a man with a pipe. There are a slo several people that get shot by snipers and guns during the intro battle.
In an intense car chase Nick Fury runs over a man who flies up on his dash. The chase ends with Nick Fury’s car turning over and blood can be seen dripping down his face.
Later Nick Fury is shot multiple times through a window. There is a very intense fight between Cap and a bunch of guys in an elevator. People get shocked and beat up. A man shoots a women and you see her fall from behind. A man is thrown from a moving car and immediately gets hit by a semi.
Black Widow gets shot in one intense scene. Later blood is coming from the wound and through her jacket.
During the final battle a man gets thrown into the engine of a Quinjet and it explodes. A weaponized name tag shocks and kills three people wearing them. Cap is shot several times and blood can be seen on his uniform. Nick Fury shoots a man. The man falls through glass and dies with blood on his shirt. Cap gets punched in the face multiple times and has some deep cuts and brusies. There is a man taken to the hospital that is all burnt up.
Overall:
Seeing It With Your Family
Captain America Winter: Winter Soldier is about on par with the first movie as far as violence and intensity goes. No fantasy monsters, but Winter Soldier could be a bit scary to younger viewers.
What I Thought
This was exactly the movie we needed to help us recover from Avengers and Iron Man 3 and Thor: The Dark World not being as amazing as the first movie in those franchises. If a Captain America movie isn’t going to take place during a war, a political thriller and mystery seems like a good place to go.