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

5. Hydra Will Play Will A Much Larger Part In The MCU

The Winter Soldier made the bold decision to bring Hydra - the Nazi-like organisation once led by the Red Skull and the bane of Captain America's existence - back into the fray, nicely cementing an overarching story arch between Captain America: The First Avenger and its sequel. The big reveal that Hydra are well and truly alive and that they have successfully infiltrated S.H.I.E.L.D. (mostly thanks to Robert Redford's betraying bad guy Alexander Pierce) was a shocking one, but it also suggests that Hydra are to play a much larger part in the MCU from here on in. Which means that Captain America 3, what with its lead-in storyline (which will see the Captain and the Falcon setting out to find The Winter Solider), should find itself to be particularly heavy on the Hydra front - it's not at all far out to suggest that Hydra will play a part in the upcoming Ant-Man movie, too, given his origins. And f Hydra are being moved into place as the MCU's "big bad guy network," then it also makes sense that they'll be referenced in Guardians of the Galaxy and even more likely in Avengers: Age of Ultron. Especially since...