Over the span of 12 movies, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has introduced and united superheroes as the Avengers. "Captain America: Civil War" is the film that, at least temporally, tears them apart, and it does so with surprising intelligence and dramatic weight.
After an Avengers mission goes awry resulting in civilian casualties, the United Nations proposes an accord that would prevent the Avengers from working autonomously. Those who don't sign on and continue acting as heroes would be viewed as vigilantes working outside of the law.
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