Every superhero needs a great villain to face off against and while the enemies in “Captain America: The Winter Solider” are many, The Winter Soldier himself is a great match up for Steve Rogers. He is essentially the negative carbon copy of Captain America. The two have some great fights scenes together and the filmmakers really utilize Cap’s shield against The Winter Soldiers metal arm.

There are plenty of action sequences throughout “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” and they all pay off! It just goes to show that you can’t always judge someone by their resume, as the past credits of co-directors Joe and Anthony Russo does not indicate they could deliver a movie on this scale. Besides great action, there are some very sweet scenes between the characters, an element that is sometimes overlooked in other action related movies. One must remember that if an audience does not care about your characters then they will not care about the outcome of an action scene.

One of the best decisions Marvel Studios made when they decided to start making these movies is hiring quality actors to fill their universe. Chris Evans does a great job playing Captain America/Steve Rogers. He does not rely on his dialogue to express his concerns about how S.H.I.E.L.D. is acting, we can also see it on his face, even when he is wearing his mask. Anthony Mackie comes on board as The Falcon and as he said in an interview in Miami last year, the costume looks really “tight.” Samuel L. Jackson returns as Nick Fury and nails it again. The biggest surprise casting in “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” would be Robert Redford as Alexander Pierce. One might think he would view a comic book movie as beneath him, but he clearly embraced and enjoyed playing this role and it shows. Finally Scarlett Johansson is phenomenal as The Black Window and hopefully she will be granted her own movie some day.

As is with most superhero movies these days you can see “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” in 3D, but keep some things in mind before you go spend that extra cash to see it in that format. Unlike Sony and Fox, who now shoot their Marvel properties using 3D cameras, Disney uses regular cameras and then converts the movie into 3D during post-production (and it’s rarely a good conversion). An advance screening of the movie took place in West Palm Beach earlier this week which was shown in the 2D format and everyone in the theater had a great time watching it that way. The only thing you are likely to get by seeing this movie in 3D is a lighter wallet.

“Captain America: The Winter Soldier” proves how a comic book movie can be so much more than that. This movie is no mere popcorn flick. The movie begins with a little humor and then unfolds to become a massive ride for an audience with great action and twists and turns along the way. This could well be the best Marvel movie to date. It is rated PG-13 intense sequences of violence, gunplay and action throughout.