The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

Honor the shield.

Rating

4.0 (1)

Release Date

3/19/2021

Runtime

6 eps, 330 mins

Genres

Action & Adventure Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Overview

Following the events of “Avengers: Endgame”, the Falcon, Sam Wilson and the Winter Soldier, Bucky Barnes team up in a global adventure that tests their abilities, and their patience.

Status

Ended

Original Language

English

Budget

Revenue

Homepage

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How It Feels

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Two damaged soldiers learn to trust each other while confronting the weight of the shield and what it means to carry it forward. It's a character study wrapped in action, built on patience and earned emotional ground.

Mood

DefiantBittersweetTenseHopeful

Themes

IdentityRedemptionFriendshipPower

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Steady

Look

HandheldNaturalistic

Structure

Linear

Heads up

Graphic violence

Anthony Mackie

Sam Wilson / Falcon

Sebastian Stan

Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier

Wyatt Russell

John Walker

Erin Kellyman

Karli Morgenthau

Daniel Brühl

Baron Zemo

Emily VanCamp

Sharon Carter

Danny Ramirez

Joaquin Torres

Adepero Oduye

Sarah Wilson

Ian Gregg

Unique

Miles Brew

Colonel Vassant

Erik Bello

Kipnap Pilot

Ahmad Alhadi

Café Patron

Reviews

stormaciousd

Nov 27, 2023

I think this gets better with each watch, but ultimately at the end of the day it still should have just been a movie. I'm excited for Captain America 4 and the Thunderbolts. It's unfortunate that there will be four years between this and those.
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stormaciousd

Jul 11, 2023

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier works best as a binge. I enjoyed it week-to-week when it came out, but the momentum and flow are just better if you power through it.
Bucky and Falcon get some much needed character development to position them as top tier characters in the new saga. They were already good characters but this separates them a bit from being Cap's sidekicks.
It's great having Sharon and Zemo back. Sharon deserved more time than her MCU run leading into this, and Zemo is a top tier villain for being just a regular human bad guy. He is pretty funny here, and I won't say I was rooting for him, but I wasn't NOT rooting for him. We also get a few newcomers to set up some of the future projects.
Some of the Flag Smashers plot is a little messy and doesn't make a ton of sense. It is interesting to have some post-blip world building though. The films don't usually have a lot of spare time for that, so this fills in a few of the blanks.
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