If Marvel tried and failed to pull the wool over peoples eyes with Lokis latest non-death, Nick Furys supposed demise in the Captain America sequel made a significantly better landing. The scenes that saw Fury escape sustained gunfire from Hydra agents on the streets of Washington D.C. made for an intense, thrilling sequence handled expertly by the Russo brothers and set up the gut punch of the S.H.I.E.L.D. director being taken out by the Winter Soldier in Steve Rogers apartment. Cue a hospital scene rendered effective by virtue of the understated reactions of Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow and Cobie Smulders Maria Hill.