Captain America: Brave New World
2025
***
Director: Julius Onah
Cast: Anthony Mackie, Danny Ramirez, Shira Haas, Carl Lumbly, Xosha Roquemore, Giancarlo Esposito, Liv Tyler, Tim Blake Nelson, Harrison Ford, Sebastian Stan
While Thaddeus Ross, now President, attempts to agree a deal for the rights to adamantium, a new metal discovered on Celestial Island, the new Captain America Sam Wilson uncovers a mind-control plot. The 35th Marvel Cinematic Universe release has callbacks to The Incredible Hulk, Eternals, and the Disney+ show The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Not the most promising source material, but with recent turds like Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania and The Marvels the expectations have sunk so low that even a modest success like this feels like a massive triumph. This is an adequately entertaining and well-paced action film, and not much else.
