Captain America: Civil War story
A disagreement over international oversight of the Avengers fractures the team into two opposing factions—one led by Steve Rogers and the other by Tony Stark. It is the sequel to Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) and Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), and the 13th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
19 total · 2 major · 17 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| the desire for vengeance | major | Helmut Zemo was consumed with a desire to make the Avengers pay for having been responsible for the death of his family. T'Challa sought to avenge the assassination of his father, King T'Chaka of Wakanda. Tony went mad with a desire for vengeance when he found out that a brainwashed Bucky had murdered his parents back in 1991. |
| vigilante justice | major | The viewer is made to ponder whether the Avengers, heroes that they might be, were little more than vigilantes who's actions needed to be overseen by the international community. |
| android | minor | The Stark Industries created android vision. |
| artificial body part | minor | Bucky had a robotic right arm. [arm] |
| aunt and nephew | minor | Peter and Aunt May. |
| cryogenic technology | minor | Six brainwashed "Winter Soldiers" were being kept in cryogenic stasis at a Siberian Hydra base. |
| friendship | minor | Steve was reunited with his old pal Bucky. |
| matter manipulating technology | minor | Scott was in possession of some technology that enables him to grow himself in size to gigantic proportions. |
| mind control technology | minor | It was revealed that the supersoldier Bucky had been brainwashed into committing all sorts of heinous act, including the murder of Tony's parents back in 1991. |
| miniaturization technology | minor | The Ant-Man suit allowed its wearer to shrink in size but increase in strength. |