Every hero is mostly judged by their villains.
Their ability to physically and morally overcome their opponents helps to better characterize their heroism.
operative Natasha Romanoff (Scarlett Johansson) on a mission to rescue S.H.I.E.L.D.
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operatives from a hijacked vessel.
Batroc is a former French Secret Service agent highly skilled at hand-to-hand combat.
In the film, Rumlow is the commander of S.H.I.E.L.D’s anti-terror taskforce, S.T.R.I.K.E.
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After Steve Rogers becomes wanted by S.H.I.E.L.D., Rumlow and his team are tasked with bringing him in.
The film later reveals that Rumlow and several members of his S.T.R.I.K.E.
team are HYDRA double agents.
Rumlow also perfectlyexhibited the more tactile, hand-to-hand nature of the film.
While a loathsome individual, Red Skull’s most important contribution ishis stark difference to Steve Rogers.
These qualities stand in contrast to theblind ambition and selfless nature of Red Skull.
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“This isn’t freedom; this is fear.”
underDirector Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson).
However, his idealistic principles would regularly clash with Fury’s more cynical approach to governance and security.
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This clash was crystalized with Project Insight.
The S.H.I.E.L.D program was designed to identify potential security threats and preemptively eliminate them.
Corruption is a crucial theme of the Rogers trilogy, and no institution embodies it better than S.H.I.E.L.D.
If this was the end of Zola’s story, he may have proven an underwhelming villain.
However, following the end of the war, he was recruited by S.H.I.E.L.D.
as part of thereal-life Operation Paperclip.
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Zemo stands asSteve Rogers' greatest villain thanks to the efficiency of his plan.
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