Captain America: Civil War - 10 Biggest Rumours You Need To Know (Nov 5)

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8. It's Going To Be Politically Relevant

According to the now infamously happy to talk Anthony Mackie, Civil War will lean on modern real-life politics, following on the trend set by The Winter Soldier. Speaking to CBR, when asked if there was some inspiration in the current political climate, Mackie was pretty clear: €œVery much so. I feel like "Captain America" is all about the ups and downs of the society that we live in today. It's really genius how Marvel can take fictional characters -- superheroes at that -- and then take the politics of today and wrap them all together and make you believe and buy into it.€ So, we can probably expect some weighted allegories exploring the moral rightness of government surveillance and military power - particularly drone warfare (since Falcon himself has had one added to his ensemble). As if they didn€™t have enough elements to play with. Rating: 10/10 While the film probably won€™t clone the comic book€™s focus on superhero registration (that€™s not quite what the Accords will be), it seems inevitable that there will be some serious exploration into issues of governmental behaviour moderation and surveillance. Even without Mackie€™s confirmation (of sorts) that much was pretty obvious.