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A Review of “Captain America: Brave New World (2025)”

 

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The Multiverse Saga has been quite disappointing compared to the previous saga. We are 11 films into the saga and only 4 of them I would consider good. The rest is mediocre or just awful. Last year’s “Deadpool and Wolverine” was a breath of fresh air in the MCU. The question is whether Captain America: Brave New World continues the upward trend.

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Firstly, Anthony Mackie does a solid job and he delivers on the moments. He also has a great buddy-cop chemistry with Danny Ramirez. Harrison Ford also does a great job in taking over the role of Ross. The Red Hulk does look pretty good and it was nice to see a raging Hulk again even if it wasn’t Bruce Banner. I do appreciate that they brought back Tim Blake Nelson as Samuel Sterns. He does a convincing job as a mastermind villain for this film. In terms of action sequences, there is an entertaining flying one in the second act. Additionally, the battle between Captain America and Red Hulk is quite enjoyable.

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Unfortunately, this is where the praise ends. The story is dull and predictable. The trailers made it to be a political, spy thriller similar to The Winter Soldier but nothing is thrilling about this film. The film never delves or commits to any political stance or any substantial ideas. None of the characters apart from Ross undergo any real characterization. They introduce new characters such as former Black Widow, Ruth Bat-Seraph. However, she is a pointless character that adds nothing of value and could have easily been an existing MCU character like Sharon Carter. The titular character doesn’t get any proper, authentic character development. He even comes off as very boring, which is such a shame. It doesn’t help that some of the dialogue is poorly written and that they continue to have characters do quips that aren’t even funny. The single post-credit scene is also very uninspiring and lacks any real thought to it.

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This film is also a visual mess. There are so many scenes that come off as obvious green screens. It also baffles me when there are scenes that could easily have been filmed on location or with a set but are instead just dumped with CG overload. It is also incredibly obvious which scenes are reshoots which makes the film feel incredibly inconsistent. Giancarlo Esposito is part of the reshoot with being added as an additional villain in Sidewinder. He is completely wasted in this film with him just being a generic and bland character. There are also some awful hand-to-hand choreography action scenes. They are not edited well, choreographed well or even shot well.

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Overall, there is nothing brave about this film. I genuinely feel sorry for Anthony Mackie, who had to step into huge shoes but was let down by an awful writer, poor studio decisions, and an underwhelming director. I do hope that Anthony is provided with better material in his next appearance in Avengers: Doomsday.


 

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