Captain America: The Winter Soldier

A closer look at the story

In the wake of the devastating battle in New York alongside the Avengers, Steve Rogers, better known as Captain America, has settled into a low-key life in Washington, D.C., still learning to find his place in the modern world. That calm ends when a SHIELD colleague is attacked and Steve is swept into a tangle of intrigue that puts the whole world in danger. Teaming up with Natasha Romanoff, the Black Widow, he fends off professional killers sent to silence him while trying to bring an ever-growing conspiracy into the open. As the full shape of the plot comes into view, the pair recruit a new ally, the Falcon, only to run into an unexpected and formidable opponent known as the Winter Soldier. This 136-minute film from 2014 is the work of the directing brothers Anthony and Joe Russo, who drew on a script by Stephen McFeely and Christopher Markus. Chris Evans returns as Steve Rogers, with Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury, Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff, Robert Redford as Alexander Pierce and Sebastian Stan in the cast.