Crossbones (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

"There are no prisoners with HYDRA, only order. And order comes from pain, are you ready for yours?!"

- Brock Rumlow to Falcon

Brock Rumlow/Crossbones is the secondary antagonist of ''Captain America: The Winter Soldier. ''He is a member of HYDRA who poses as the leader of the SHIELD STRIKE team. He is played by Frank Grillo.

Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Rumlow is first shown at the opening sequence as the leader of the SHIELD STRIKE force that aids Captain America and Black Widow on a mission to capture Batroc the Leaper and steal special information. When Captain America denies giving information to Alexander Pierce, Rumlow and his team are sent to capture Captain America. Throughout the remainder of the film, Rumlow is sent with the task of killing Captain America so that he can not infiltrate HYDRA's scheme to destroy millions of people using the Helicarriers that Project Insight needed. It is also revealed that Rumlow was working for Pierce. After Captain America discloses that SHIELD was compromised by HYDRA, Rumlow and a few of his men are dispatched to launch Project Insight. What he doesn't realize was that most of the SHIELD agents, including Sharon Carter were not to launch Insight because it was on the Captain's orders not to. At the climax ofthe film, Rumlow comes into a showdown with Cap's ally, the Falcon and gets crushed badly during the fall of Project Insight. He is last seen when he is taken to a hospital for facial and body recreation.

Trivia

 * Rumlow's ego Crossbones is never mentioned in the film.
 * Crossbones was assumed to be the main antagonist of the film, but this was denied after it was revealed that Alexander Pierce was the main antagonist of the film with the Winter Soldier being the pawn villain.
 * Rumlow's suit at the climax of the film was similar to his suit in the comics. Implying he may return in the third Captain America film as Crossbones.