@@fire-du8jr there is a storyline in the comics were they made Captain America being a Hydra agent all this time which made fans rage but at the end I wont spoil it but its actually decent story so they brought some of that "storyline" where cap is a hydra agent
@@fire-du8jr There was a Captain America comic book that came out back in 2017 that said that Cap was secretly a Hydra agent the whole time. It came completely out of left field and wasn't popular at all with Marvel or Captain America fans, so this scene where he's faking it is basically a big F U to that guy.
@@jredbaron96 Maybe. For me, it's just a smart move from Cap. He defused an incoming fight, kept the scepter, and had a long ass advance before they figure out he fucked them hell right.
That and also in Winter soldier the same scene essentially occurred except Cap fought all the people in the elevator. Now that he knows they were apart of Hydra, he could convince them to give him the scepter without fighting
Exactly my thoughts. I'm not a big fan of Cap as I find his character too emotionally driven and unnecessarily trying to be heroic, but in Endgame I saw a new, wiser version of Cap which I liked. I think the events in Infinity War changed him.
@@navedahmed2109 he isn't trying to be unnecessarily heroic. The version of Hero from the 40s is different from a modernized hero. He was a 40s hero because he was raised with 40s sentiment on the black and white view of good and bad.
@@lenirishthats because hes tired of using his brain.. If you suddenly acquired some new ability you would want to use it exclusively till you're bored of it
This had the loudest reaction of anything in the movie other than when Cap picked up the hammer. Anyone who really reacted to that moment, knew what that meant, and it was almost like a reward for watching all the previous films.
@@tylove7992 It is two references! One to the elevator fight in the Winter Soldier movie, and one to the much hated surprise-twist "Hail Hydra" said by a Hydra-agent version of Cap in the comics.
Sun Tzu said, "Winning 100 battles is not the highest achievement of skill. Winning the fight without actually fighting is the highest achievement of skill." So Captain America has achieved that level. This is one of the best scenes in Endgame. Watching it for the first time, I was crazy excited, because I was thinking Cap's going to smoke these guys much more easier than even the last time. Because his skills increase better and better with each film. I thought he would do just a few really cool moves and it would all be over. But what he actually did was legendary, and much cooler, and it made me think of Sun Tzu. Steve could of easily took these clowns out, wouldn't even break a sweat. But there's no need to fight, if you don't have to. Steve's not a bully, he doesn't have to kick ass just because he's able to. He's the highest level of warrior and martial artist. He is, after all, Captain America.
It's something he picked up from Black Widow, especially in Winter Soldier. Cap's first instinct as a soldier is to fight. In the mall, when they were trying to make it out with the USB stick with Rumlow hunting them, his first thought was to fight and run. But Black Widow showed him how they could walk out of the mall just by playing it cool. And in Civil War she was more direct, telling him that he couldn't (and shouldn't) punch his way out of everything. He's an excellent warrior and fighter, and it's even better that he realizes he doesn't have to be that all the time to be successful.
@@outsideredge And that's another reason why the MCU is great, and not your average film franchise. It's that progression of the characters that you don't really notice until you give it some thought. That's a good point you made about Black Widow. Steve definitely picked up some good knowledge and advice from her. She's a great character herself. Looking forward to her film. It's about time she gets to really shine.
I remember the people around me gave the similar reaction to this whole scene and I was one clueless person. Had no idea about the hail Hydra and that what did Capt do this time, which he didn't in winter soldier...
In avenger‘s endgame, we see Captain America enter an elevator with secret Hydra agents. Since he knows, he tells them “Hail Hydra.” This is a reference to a Captain America comic. In the comics he is a hydra agent.
I like the meme of Winter Soldier, where that guy is getting interrogated by Captain, Widow, Falcon, and tells Captain, "Wait! Hail Hydra?" And Captain looking confused.
Basically Hydra had been inside Shield since its conception after ww2. These guys are members of Hydra and were about to take the septor for their own gains. Cap saying Hail Hydra basically made them believe he was a member, so they gave it to him.
Um...Have you watch all of the solo Captain America titled movies? (The First Avenger, The Winter Soldier, and Civil War). They make up a pretty important chunk of what happens to the Avengers and S.H.I.E.L.D.
Hydra is literally the gestapo but with another name and hitler is replaced by red skull In winter soldier, cap didn’t know that they were hydra soldiers so he had to kick their asses and jump out the elevator But now that he knows, no need to deal with em
@@duncananderson2113 it REFERENCES that hated scene, BUT it's being executed in a context that ACTUALLY makes sense for the character to use it. Here, unlike Secret Empire, Cap is not saying it because he's part of Hydra. He 's saying it to trick the people who he knows IS part of Hydra
