Initially, I wasn’t super excited to catch the latest MCU movie – especially during its opening weekend during Valentine’s.
I’d established plenty of assumptions based on the strange trailer that had been running the past few months.
But, I was ultimately motivated to see the Red Hulk on the big screen and keep myself in the franchise storyline loops in preparation for the next film.
“Captain America: Brave New World” felt like it was yo-yoing between too much action and then oddball lulls and I still can’t decide if it was intentional or not.
Aside from the Red Hulk, the discovery of adamantium is the only other big thing to tighten the ties between MCU characters and Disney’s attempts to house all of those superhero stories under one company.
Plus, the majority of the graphics play out pretty smooth though I did enjoy the in-air fights between Captain America and several fighter jets.
Captain America: Brave New World is an American superhero film based on Marvel Comics featuring the character Sam Wilson/Captain America.
Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is the fourth installment in the Captain America film series, a continuation of the television miniseries The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021), and the 35th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).
The film was directed by Julius Onah and is based on a screenplay by Rob Edwards and the writing teams of Malcolm Spellman & Dalan Musson and Onah & Peter Glanz.
It stars Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson / Captain America alongside Danny Ramirez, Shira Haas, Carl Lumbly, Xosha Roquemore, Giancarlo Esposito, Liv Tyler, Tim Blake Nelson, and Harrison Ford.
The movie is rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, some strong language, and 118 minutes long.
Five months after Thaddeus Ross (Ford) is elected President of the United States, he sends Sam Wilson (Mackie) and Joaquin Torres (Ramirez) - the new Captain America and Falcon, respectively - to Oaxaca, Mexico, to stop the illegal sale of classified items stolen by the Serpent Society, a rogue special-ops team led by Sidewinder (Esposito).
They recover the stolen items, but Sidewinder escapes.
Torres is excited to be taking on Wilson’s former mantle, but Wilson is hesitant to involve Torres in dangerous missions due to the pair not having superpowers like former Captain America Steve Rogers.
After the mission, Wilson and Torres train with Isaiah Bradley (Lumbly), a super soldier who was previously imprisoned and experimented on by the U.S. government.
Ross invites Wilson and Torres to a summit with world leaders at the White House, and Wilson accepts on the condition that Bradley is also invited.
While at the summit, Ross asks Wilson to help him reform the Avengers.
During his presentation, Ross explains that a new metal, adamantium, has been discovered on “Celestial Island”, which was formed when the Celestial Tiamut emerged in the Indian Ocean.
The recovered items were the first refined samples of the metal and were stolen from a Japanese mining operation.
To avoid an arms race, Ross proposes a treaty to govern adamantium’s mining and distribution.
Unfortunately, Ross comes under attack and things only get more complicated as Wilson and Torres try to unravel the mystery of the attack.
Overall, I think if you’re not a diehard Sam Wilson or Harrison Ford fan then you can wait for this to hit streaming services or buy it on DVD.
