Captain America: Brave New World
Some time after Steve Rogers, the first Captain America, passed his shield, suit, and duties to Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie) to take the reins as Captain America, Wilson finds himself taking orders from a president (Harrison Ford) he doesn’t fully agree with politically. Conflicted on his principles and the strains of nation states wrestling for power, keeping America in good grace on the international stage may prove to be too much, especially considering the fact that the string pullers appear to have stacked the deck against all odds. Written by Rob Edwards, Malcom Spellman, and Dalan Musson and Directed by Julius Onah, this post snap and Endgame continuation makes its best efforts to impress but instead comes up short with tired writing tropes, lack of originality in its antagonist development, and clunky choreography action set pieces. Further, less than impressive CGI lacks the luster and polish fans have come to expect in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. That is to say, the film’s failures aren’t in the hands of its actors, rather, it’s everything else around them that falls apart as Marvel fights its own uphill battle of viewer fatigue and set up for another sub-franchise without really advancing the overall MCU narrative much at all. On the positive, the film’s scoring brings a roaring orchestra back to the front providing a rich soundtrack to bounce viewers from start to finish, props to Composer Laura Karpman for creating a bold and rich soundscape. Running one hour and fifty eight minutes, this can wait for the small screen, Captain America: Brave New World is rated PG-13.