Captain America: Civil War Trailer - 9 Things We Want To See
5. Crossbones Being Completely Badass
Captain America: The Winter Soldier introduced us to S.H.I.E.L.D. agent (and Hydra sleeper) Brock Rumlow. Despite being a traitorous a-hole, Rumlow was shown surviving the film with some nasty injuries, a good indication that hes earmarked for a return. And as all comics nuts know, Brock Rumlow is the real name of Crossbones, the assassin that is responsible for the death of Captain America during the Civil War storyline. Its difficult to know how to take the return of Rumlow in the films, however. Hes already been established as being no physical match for Steve Rogers: despite his deadliness, hes just a man, and Captain America is an enhanced human, a supersoldier. Unless the remains of Hydra experiment on him to give him a little more oomph, its hard to see him as much of a threat. However, what if Captain Americas death was one of the aspects of the Civil War storyline that Marvel retained for the film? After all, he was shot by a sniper - Rumlow doesnt have to get within grabbing distance to shoot Rogers from cover. Regardless, we need to see Crossbones in the midst of some badass shenanigans in this trailer if were to buy Rumlow as an antagonist again, though. A scary mask isnt going to cut it.
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