Blah. Yet more Captain Hamerica, and it may never end. Since in the comics, this one started out as a crossover story between different titles, it does involve other heroes too, but noticeably the big guns of Thor and the Hulk have been left out to let their own franchises run and level the playing field a bit as two teams of costumed goodies come head to head over the demand of world governments that they submit to the authority of the UN. Cue lots of fighting then, but of a pretty toothless nature as none of them seriously want to hurt each other, not that Marvel would put up with their property being wiped out anyway.
The latest incarnation of Spider-Man is now along too, this time in enhanced pipsqueak mode, amongst others, but this just proves yet again that less is more as no-one apart from Chris Evans as the Cap and Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man gets to utter much more than one line at a time before it's back to levelling buildings once more. It has its fun moments amongst the mayhem, but here's a thought: instead of giving child-friendly characters darker costumes and some back stories to wring their hands over, why not leave all this for the kids and go out on a limb with proper complex adults for once?
Watchmen 2, anyone?
5/10
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