‘Captain America: Brave New World’ – Review

Captain America: Brave New World is out and looking to bring audiences back into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Packed with just the right balance of action and story, with a feeling that this phase has a different tone altogether. A movie positioned between two controversies. The fictional “controversy” of featuring a Black Captain America during a legitimized fascist coup. The real controversy of highlighting an Israeli operative during a Palestinian genocide. Does Brave New World bring enough to the table to see past the shadow of its bad press? Let’s get into it. Red, White, Blue, and Black Too Anthony Mackie picks up right where he left off after The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, as the newly knighted Captain America. Forced into the spotlight as the iconic hero known as the ‘symbol of the American dream’.

Front and center, Anthony Mackie takes the stage as Captain America in Brave New World. Photo by Marvel Studios/Courtesy of Marvel Studios. – © 2024 MARVEL.

From the final monologue of TF/TWS, Sam Wilson told us exactly what time he’s on. He’s here to do what’s right in defense of human rights – regardless of what any government interest has to say about it. Whether it’s the left or the right. A full three-sixty from his Civil War-era ‘do what they tell us’ stance. He’s a bit of a wildcard for the U.S. government, but they don’t question his allegiance to the country or the power of his symbolism as Captain America. Mackie leans into his Captain America, and th…