“Captain America: The Winter Soldier” is an ideal blockbuster: fast, entertaining, visually striking, well-acted, and with something to say politically. The first film was good, but this is where things get more interesting. [Full review in Spanish].

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Feb 13, 2025

Trades the bombast and heroism for a subtle spy thriller with countless shades of grey in the divide between hero and villain, which is exactly what this character needed for his sophomore outing.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 20, 2023

... a superhero adventure by way of a political conspiracy thriller that teams up Cap (Chris Evans in all-American integrity mode) with Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) when S.H.I.E.L.D. is infiltrated by the evil Hydra.

| Dec 3, 2022

The increasingly difficult struggle of Steve Rogers upholding his vow to remain a good man while wading through so much villainy achieves great resonance and this tremendously entertaining film, the MCU's best, is as interested in testing mettle as metal.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Oct 5, 2022

It’s one of the most exhilarating action pictures I’ve seen in a long time.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Aug 19, 2022

A real turning point in the Marvel Universe as it experiments with new genres, with tremendous action throughout. it’s not perfect, Robert Redford seems ill-at-ease, but eight years on it’s still terrific.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 19, 2022

Refreshingly contains enough intrigue to entertain non-fanboys with its twists and turns, grounded action scenes, political insight, and surprising character depth.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Aug 15, 2022

Directors Anthony Russo and Joe Russo go for broke not just in the way they stage some of the biggest and most impressive action sequences to be found in a Marvel film but also in changing the course of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

| Jan 22, 2022

It's difficult to top a billion-dollar movie with so much star power - and with the absence of Tony Stark - but it comes pretty darn close.

| Original Score: A- | Jan 17, 2022

Works tremendously on practically every level,

| Jun 24, 2021

The Winter Soldier is a damn-near perfect film within its genre, with exciting and well directed action spectacle and some good plot twists. An easy 5.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Apr 20, 2021

When Steve has to fight Bucky it is emotional and exciting at the same time.

| Mar 26, 2021

This is a comic book movie so for all the high-minded subtext there are still big action scenes every ten minutes or so, each one larger and louder than the last.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 1, 2021

While the action sequences gain gravity and ferocity, the storyline reaches in the opposite direction with a tired world domination plot that's both stale and ludicrous.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Dec 4, 2020

"Captain America: The Winter Soldier" is the best MCU movie. Period.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Sep 27, 2020

Captain America: The Winter Soldier is that rare superhero film that excels in presenting both spectacle and substance.

| Original Score: 3.5/4.0 | Sep 4, 2020

So much noise and action you almost fall asleep...

| Aug 13, 2020

Captain America: The Winter Soldier is a more grounded affair instead of something fantastical.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 16, 2020

Marvel's version of a 1970s paranoid conspiracy thriller.

| Original Score: A- | Jul 8, 2020

The Winter Soldier is an exciting thrill ride. It's as action-packed as The Avengers and just as fun.

| Jun 29, 2020