Captain America: Civil War is finally here. For some, the wait may have been years. Others may have caught on recently, carried by the hype. Regardless of your stance in the comic book or superhero cinema fanbase, many can agree Civil War is the biggest, most impactful Marvel film, if not superhero film, to date.

You can figure out what makes Civil War so unique as a superhero film right off the bat. Unlike fellow 2016 superhero blockbuster giants such as the crude, but well-loved Deadpool, or the widely disappointing Batman v. Superman, Civil War sets out to do what not many, if not any, superhero movies set out to do.

Civil War wraps itself around the destructive events of The Avengers, in which New York City was shredded by an alien-battling Hulk; Captain America: The Winter Soldier, in which a gigantic flying fortress was destroyed by Captain America, crashing into Washington DC; Avengers: Age of Ultron, in which a piece of the fictional country of Sokovia was torn out of the Earth and dropped onto itself through a device utilized by the menacing AI Ultron, created by Tony Stark and Bruce Banner.

Much of what separates Civil War from the ever-growing herd of superhero films is the fact that this is personal. In an attempt to rescue Captain America from Crossbones, who plans to blow himself up with Cap, Scarlet Witch uses her physics-defying powers to hurl Crossbones away from Cap and into a building full of civilians, where he explodes and kills hundreds.

Governments worldwide have had enough with the Avengers destructive heroism. The United Nations prepares a petition named The Sokovia Accords after the most recent nation to fall victim to the Avengers antics. The Accords proposes that the Avengers be controlled by the United Nations, only to be deployed in the event that the entire world is in imminent danger, and not on small-scale missions or to create their own Earth-saving AI (cough cough, Tony).

After being approached by a mother who lost a son to the events in Sokovia, guilt begins to swallow Tony Stark. He takes his stance on the side of the Sokovia Accords, believing the Avengers must be kept in check.

Steve Rodgers, or Captain America, opposes the Sokovia Accords. He believes that the overwhelming civilian casualties are a price to pay for saving the world.

Civil War does not only focus on the politics of the Earth-shaking events throughout the years in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. There is a huge focus on Captain America’s friend from the 1940s, James Bucky Buchanan. Bucky had fallen off a HYDRA train in Captain America: The First Avenger, having been captured and brainwashed by HYDRA to be a highly-skilled assassin codenamed the Winter Soldier, whose main assignment was to shift the tides of the Cold War through killing important figures; more on two of those important figures later.

The most powerful spark of the Civil War is the bombing of the UN Council in Vienna, set to discuss and sign the Sokovia Accords. News channels everywhere point to one man: Bucky. After losing a loved one in these bombings, Wakandan (another fictional Marvel nation) heir to the throne T’Challa, or Black Panther, goes out on a vengeance for a chance to kill the Winter Soldier.

Pro-Sokovia Accords Black Panther finds himself put against Captain America, who is at the defense of Bucky as he believes he did not commit the attack. Iron Man, and the US government, begin to hunt down Cap, as he is harboring a number one most-wanted terrorist.

Both sides of the Sokovia Accords disagreement find each other at-odds at a German airport, perhaps the most awe-inspiring scene of the whole movie. We see more than 10 beloved superheroes fight each other, defending their honor and what they believe to be right.

Spider-Man’s appearance stole the show. With an arsenal of one-liners and great chemistry with Tony Stark, his recruiter, Spider-Man is the best he’s been on cinema in ages, if not ever. One of the best moments in the movie is when Spider-Man asks the rest of the Avengers if they’ve seen that really old moview Empire Strikes Back. He then proceeds to take down a super-sized Ant-Man by wrapping his webs around Ant-Man’s legs continuously, until he finally topples to the ground.

The film begins to adopt a darker tone after the airport battle, however, Tony Stark discovers that these important figures the Winter Soldier had assassinated were two he held very dearly, and the battle scene seen in the trailers where Cap tells Tony that Bucky is his friend, and Tony replies ‘So was I,’ ensues.

Captain America: Civil War was both a remarkable superhero and cinema experience. A large but organized plot, tied together by one menace.

An epic battle between two seemingly unbreakable friends, an extremely engaging and understandable take on politics in film, and a cast to die for. These are just some examples of what make Civil War the best blockbuster of the year. As somebody who is very excited for the upcoming Suicide Squad, I’d truthfully be very if it comes anywhere close to Civil War’s absolute greatness.