The Marvel Cinematic Universe is watering down more than it is expanding
Anthony Mackie, Harrison Ford and Danny Ramirez star in 'Captain America: Brave New World'
'Captain America: Brave New World'
- Director: Julius Onah
- Screenplay: Julius Onah, Rob Edwards, Malcolm Spellman, Dalan Musson, Peter Glanz
- 118 minutes. United States (2025)
- With Anthony Mackie, Danny Ramirez, Shira Hass and Harrison Ford
Let's imagine a person who has in Captain America: Brave New World his first contact with the Marvel universe. He enters the cinema without knowing that this is the 35th film of the MCU, in the middle of phase 5, the fourth installment of the Captain America saga, the continuation of the miniseries Falcon and the Winter Soldier and a work before which, to finish placing yourself in its place, it is good to have seen all of the others. The Avengers, Hulk and maybe even Black Panther. Blow! Do you mean that a neophyte spectator will understand something if he gets on that moving train? To scare away the feeling of "Oh my God, where am I?" Captain America: Brave New World It offers very little, but with good eyes (although the film is generally ugly) you can always get something out of it: a plot of thriller a conspiracy theorist politician about the danger of an angry US president, a Harrison Ford who acts a bit Chinese-Xano but who is still Harrison Ford, an Anthony Mackie who really believes in his role as a hero and sometimes even seems to have charisma, a couple of action sequences that hint at that, a Marvel fan who knows all the 's and 's? Well, maybe you'll come out worse off than the virgin viewer, you see. The feeling of déjà vu It's absolute. The lack of new ideas (every creative decision seems to be made in a backroom) can plunge you into a deep nihilism: does it seem like the mother of superhero movies is one?, two?, three titles? away from stopping flowing?