Captain America: Civil War directors say it's a psychological thriller

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Most of the Marvel movies are ‘superheroes punch bad guys and sometimes each other’ films, yes, but they also have something extra. Joe and Anthony Russo, the directors of the upcoming Captain America: Civil War, told Den of Geek that the rift in the Avengers team - which began in The Avengers: Age of Ultron and finally tears open in Civil War - lends some more subtlety to their latest film.

“We think of Civil War as a psychological thriller”, the Russos said. “It’s a complicated movie. And yes, it divides these people that you’ve known to not only be a team, but Cap and Natasha [Romanova, the Black Widow], in this movie, they’re evolving into a surrogate family for each other. So, it’s a closer group of people that’s being divided. That’s a difficult thing to do”.

Connor Sheridan
Connor Sheridan

I got a BA in journalism from Central Michigan University - though the best education I received there was from CM Life, its student-run newspaper. Long before that, I started pursuing my degree in video games by bugging my older brother to let me play Zelda on the Super Nintendo. I've previously been a news intern for GameSpot, a news writer for CVG, and was formerly a staff writer at GamesRadar.