Captain America 2 Spoilers: 10 Ways It Sets Up Future Marvel Universe Movies

6. S.H.I.E.L.D. Will Play Less Of A Major Role In Future Films

S.H.I.E.L.D. took a critical blow in The Winter Soldier, given that it's unveiled halfway through the movie that Hydra have infiltrated the group and are planning on using one of its top secret projects to kill millions of people. Given that before The Winter Soldier S.H.I.E.L.D. were viewed by most Marvel fans as the height of government integrity (c'mon - they signed off on the Avengers Initiative!), by the time the events of the movie are wrapped up, the organisation's credibility has been thrown into question - almost as if Marvel are trying to steer their plots elsewhere. That's not to suggest that S.H.I.E.L.D. will play no part in future MCU installments, but going on the fact that Captain America, Black Widow and even Nick Fury all choose to alienate themselves from the organisation at the end of the movie, it seems likely that the next chapters in the saga will have our heroes operating under different circumstances, separate from the likes of S.H.I.E.L.D.. This feels like a wise movie, given that S.H.I.E.L.D. have played a huge part in so many MCU movies already, it'll be nice to have a few movies outside of their influence. That said...