After too many cities are damaged, governments demand oversight of the Avengers, and the team splits over whether to accept it.
The disagreement is real and the film refuses to resolve it. Both positions are argued honestly, and the fight that ends it is driven by grief rather than by principle.
It is an Avengers film in everything but name, and it leaves the team dismantled going into the two films that need them most.
Who is in it
- Bucky BarnesThe Winter SoldierSebastian Stan
- Clint BartonHawkeyeJeremy Renner
- Helmut ZemoThe one who wonDaniel Brühl
- James RhodesWar MachineDon Cheadle
- Natasha RomanoffBlack WidowScarlett Johansson
- Peter ParkerSpider-ManTom Holland
- Sam WilsonFalcon, then Captain AmericaAnthony Mackie
- Scott LangAnt-ManPaul Rudd
- Steve RogersCaptain AmericaChris Evans
- T'ChallaBlack PantherChadwick Boseman
- VisionVisionPaul Bettany
- Wanda MaximoffScarlet WitchElizabeth Olsen
How it connects
Watching these first makes this one land.
Sources
Facts last checked on Sep 7, 2026
Released: May 6, 2016