Captain America: Civil War - 26 WTF Moments

25. The Massive Flaw In Crossbones' Plan

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The whole opening sequence with Crossbones is a little poorly handled: the villain is given the same treatment as Baron Von Strucker was in the opening act of Age Of Ultron - relegated to muscular cannon fodder for the sake of a Bond-like punchy prologue.

It doesn't help that his plan - which seems to boil down to a villain of the week attempt to get his hands on some delicious infectious diseases - is deeply flawed and relies on one of the most ridiculous contrivances ever seen.

So, the Crossbones team of Call Of Duty players (how far HYDRA have fallen) need to break through the gates of the IFID in Lagos, so they send a garbage truck through the front gate as a battering ram. It flips, it looks cool and it causes a lot of damage to the entrance. And yet - remarkably - the devastation leaves the road perfectly clear for two yellow trucks full of mooks to drive through nicely.

To rely on the completely random way the truck left the entrance (and it is random, because the driver bails out like a massive coward) is just ludicrous.

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