Captain America: Brave New World
Directed by Julius Onah
After meeting with newly elected U.S. President Thaddeus Ross, Sam finds himself in the middle of an international incident. He must discover the reason behind a nefarious global plot before the true mastermind has the entire world seeing red.
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- S JöhanssonFebruary 15, 2025A Brave New Pile of Garbage.
- Alex | Pop Culture BrainFebruary 13, 2025It was a big dumb comic movie for better and worse. I was entertained, surprised by some of the action, liked the lead performances, and characterizations. The script tried to make it seem more complex than it really was, but that's comic books. The movie's biggest sin was that it's marketing ruined the third act reveals and promised something maybe bigger than what it inevitably presented. But this is what Marvel is now and I feel fine.
- koleopteroMarch 9, 2025Flat acting with a rushed script with boring dialogs and the same predictable tropes. This movie could easily have been generated by AI if AI could draw hands properly.
- Abdelrahman TarekApril 29, 2026This movie is useless in the MCU...... We don't need a hole movie to know how adamintum appears and Red-Hulk is useless his appearance make no since.....
- Mr. DMarch 6, 2025Insecure Captain America who can't act with a boring, predictable story. Some action. In one word? Weak.
- klgokmenApril 26, 2026It's like they wrote a really cool story, then took out all the cool bits
- daqqadApril 24, 2025Absolute fucking trash.
- Joey PelicanoFebruary 25, 2026Yikes. Was this written by a Call of Duty player? The writing is just cliche and hard to watch.
- Hannover2kMarch 30, 2025He should have taken the serum.
- Gordon HoodFebruary 7, 2026Marvel movies just aren't hitting like they used to. He should have taken the serum. Now he's just a wannabe bootleg iron Man with wings, vulnerable human with no powers.
- Waruna IllukpitiyaFebruary 6, 2026It was watchable, but sooner or later, all superhero movies tend to follow more or less the same theme. So I would just say that it is a movie that you “watch and forget”
- mickerdooJanuary 28, 2026Don't get Captain America without super soldier abilities. Just feels like another tech hero. Turning Ford into a Hulk? Nelson as the bad?
- dogcomplexJanuary 25, 2026The president gets angry at woke black people, turns into a giant orange monster, and tears down the east wing. Prescient.
- Mr.MigJanuary 10, 2026I felt like a real superhero watching this movie: it takes a unique power and super strength to stay awake, and some real courage to watch this till the end......even the after credit scene is boring (don't think I will be watching the next Captain Zzzmerica movie)
- CrossCutCriticApril 30, 2025The Shield and the Wound --- When Steve Rogers gave Sam Wilson the shield, it wasn’t a victory. It was a wound. It just looked like a gift. Captain America: Brave New World picks up with that weight. Sam (Anthony Mackie) has stepped into the role of Captain America — not with pride, but with hesitation. He’s not a super-soldier. He’s not a myth. He’s a man. And every man who tries to carry a symbol this heavy finds out: You don’t just fight with a shield. You fight against it. --- This isn’t a superhero film in the old mold. It’s not a save-the-world epic. It’s quieter. More anxious. More personal. Sam is caught in the undertow of legacy, power, politics, and identity. He is trying to do what is right. But "right" has splintered. It’s a prism now — and every angle bends the light a little differently. He’s not just trying to stop a villain. He’s trying to carry an ideal — across fault lines of race, history, justice, and national trauma. He doesn’t wear a mask. That’s intentional. Because the fight is no longer about hiding. It’s about being seen — and still being willing to stand. --- There’s a scene where Sam hesitates before taking action. Not out of fear. Out of fatigue. Because being good in a broken world isn’t heroic. It’s exhausting. And that’s when the theology starts whispering. Not from pulpits. Not from creeds. But from the weight of being asked to represent something you didn’t choose — and the ache of trying to live up to it. --- In older language, this tension was described in terms of law and gospel. Law tells you what you should be. Gospel reminds you that you’re already loved — even when you fail. Sam walks between the two. He wants to be a symbol of justice. But he also knows symbols get weaponized. He wants to stand for mercy. But the world keeps asking for payback. He wants to be good. But he keeps finding out that being good comes at a cost that never feels clean. That’s not weakness. That’s a man under a cross — even if he doesn’t name it that way. --- Brave New World doesn’t wrap things up. It doesn’t offer clarity. It lets you feel the bruises beneath the armor. The new villain isn’t just another megalomaniac. He’s a reminder that power always tempts people toward godhood. And that being right is never enough to make you just. Sam’s answer isn’t ultimate. But it’s faithful. He keeps showing up. Keeps choosing mercy when revenge would be easier. Keeps listening when shouting would win applause. --- That’s not Steve’s Captain America. It’s a new one. One who bleeds. One who doubts. One who walks into the storm not because he believes he’ll win, but because he knows someone has to go first. In old theological terms, that’s vocation. Not a career. A calling. A burden with no glory guarantee. And maybe that’s the bravest part. --- Captain America: Brave New World isn’t perfect. It meanders. It aches. It leaves things unresolved. But in doing so, it tells the truth. Because the world doesn’t need perfect heroes. It needs people who are willing to stand in the gap — not to save the world, but to stop it from coming apart completely. And sometimes, that’s what the shield is for. *** If this one left you thinking about legacy, loneliness, or what it means to carry a burden that isn't fully yours… You might find resonance in these deeper meditations: Sinners – Brotherhood, shame, and being seen. The Gorge – Trust, trauma, and risking love. Mickey 17 – Being used vs. being known. Past Lives – What we carry, what we leave. Tree of Life – Fathers, memory, and the ache for grace. All under CrosscutCritic on Plex.
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Captain America: Brave New World Trivia
Captain America: Brave New World was released on February 12, 2025.
Captain America: Brave New World was directed by Julius Onah.
Captain America: Brave New World has a runtime of 1h 59m.
Captain America: Brave New World was produced by Kevin Feige, Nate Moore.
After meeting with newly elected U.S. President Thaddeus Ross, Sam finds himself in the middle of an international incident. He must discover the reason behind a nefarious global plot before the true mastermind has the entire world seeing red.
The key characters in Captain America: Brave New World are Sam Wilson / Captain America (Anthony Mackie), President Thaddeus Ross (Harrison Ford), Joaquin Torres (Danny Ramirez).
Captain America: Brave New World is rated PG-13.
Captain America: Brave New World is an Action, Adventure, Science Fiction film.
Captain America: Brave New World has an audience rating of 7.5 out of 10.
Captain America: Brave New World had a budget of $180M.
Captain America: Brave New World has made $415.1M at the box office.