Captain America
Brave New World
Came out; 2025
Time; 1 hour 58 Minutes
Watched: Disney Plus
Rated: PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, and some strong language
IMDB Rating; 5.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
Tomato Meter 47%
Popcorn Meter 77%
Caution; Spoiler Alert
Staring.
Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson
Harrison Ford as President Thaddeus Ross
Danny Ramirez as Joaquin Torres
Shira Haas as Ruth Bat-Seraph
Carl Lumbly as Issiah Bradley
Tim Black as Samuel Sterns
Giancarlo Esposito as Sidewinder
Liv Tyler as Betty Ross
Story Line.
Some time after the events of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Sam Wilson has now fully embraced his title as the new Captain America. Now Sam is summoned to the White House as the new president Ross wants to work with him on rebuilding the Avengers. But trouble ensues when Sam's friend Isaiah Bradley uncontrollably tries to assassinate the president and is framed for the attempt. Now Sam and his partner Joaquin Torres must race against time to uncover the true culprit and foil an evil plot that unwittingly involves President Ross
Thoughts:
The movie itself didn't seem interesting to me, I just don't feel like it fits. I can't put my finger on the why.
It was available and we've watched almost all the others, so we figured we'd give it try
It was missing a ton of backstory, things that just weren't there, but it touched on other things (like Harrison Ford replacing the original actor who died) but there was something else missing, or just off.
Not sure if it was the witty banter of all previous avengers/character movies or if it was something else
All in all, I'd say it was decent.
CAUTION; Spoiler Alert
Five
months after Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross (Harrison Ford) is
elected president of the United States, he sends Sam Wilson / Captain
America (Anthony Mackie) former Para-rescue man who was trained by
the military in aerial combat using a specially-designed wing pack
and Joaquin Torres / Falcon (Danny Ramirez) a first lieutenant in the
U.S. Air Force who takes on Wilson's former mantle of Falcon, using a
similar wing pack, to Oaxaca, Mexico, to stop the illegal sale of
classified items stolen by Seth Voelker / Sidewinder (Giancarlo
Esposito) and his mercenary group Serpent, a violent special-ops
team.
This
is significant as Ross, as a military General, was always reluctant
to work with Captain America previously. Ross had made it his life
mission to hunt down the Hulk, which led to the rampage in New York
and also led to the bitterness between Ross and his daughter Betty
(Liv Tyler). Betty resents her father for his obsessive pursuit of
Bruce Banner / Hulk years prior.
Wilson and Torres recover the
items, but Sidewinder escapes. Torres is excited to be taking on
Wilson's former mantle of Falcon, but Wilson is hesitant to involve
Torres in dangerous missions due to the pair not having superpowers
like former Captain America Steve Rogers. After the mission, Wilson
and Torres train with Isaiah Bradley, a super soldier who was
imprisoned and experimented on by the U.S. government.
The
items were headed to Japan, and Sidewinder was given $50 million to
steal it and to bring it to the buyer for an exchange. But the buyer
never showed up, indicating that Serpent was set up and played by an
entity.
Leila Taylor (Xosha Roquemore) is a Secret Service
agent working for President Ross who has a history with Wilson.
Ross
invites Wilson and Torres to a summit with world leaders at the White
House, and Wilson accepts on the condition that Isaiah Bradley (Carl
Lumbly) an African-American Korean War veteran and super soldier who
was imprisoned and experimented on for 30 years is also invited. Ross
asks Wilson to help him reform the Avengers. Bradley did not want
Captain America to report to the President. Wilson says that he has a
friend in the White House, who will inform him if the President acts
out of turn.
During the summit, Ross explains that a new
metal, Adamantium, has been discovered on "Celestial Island",
which was formed when the Celestial Tiamut emerged in the Indian
Ocean. The recovered items were the first refined samples of the
metal and were stolen from a Japanese mining operation. To avoid an
arms race, Ross proposes a treaty to govern Adamantium's mining and
distribution. As he is talking, the song "Mr. Blue" plays
and causes several men, including Bradley, to begin shooting at Ross
and other dignitaries. Apprehended by Ross's head of security, former
Black Widow Ruth Bat-Seraph (Shira Haas), the men regain their senses
and deny any knowledge of the attack.
Wilson convinces the
President to let him investigate the matter, but Ross assigns Ruth
instead. Wilson is adamant that Bradley was in control of an external
entity when he attacked the President. Wilson believes that the
control method is through trigger words, as with Bucky Barnes.
Looking the CCTV footage of the White House, Torres finds that before
the summit, Bradley's phone was flashing at him and the same thing
happened to the other shooters as well.
While investigating,
Wilson is ambushed by Sidewinder and captures him. Wilson knows that
Sidewinder did not enter US only to kill him, so he speculates that
the Sidewinder has reconciled with the buyer and wants the Adamantium
back. Sidewinder says that the buyer told him a lot and paid him
double to take out Wilson.
Meanwhile, India and France refuse
to ratify the treaty till Japan is on-board. Ross travels to Japan to
get the Japanese to sign the treaty. Meanwhile, 2 shooters in custody
are shot down by a guard. When Ruth finds the guard, he commits
suicide and the "Mr. Blue" song was playing on his
communication device.
Torres tracks a call on Sidewinder's
phone to a hidden black site in West Virginia called Camp Echo One.
Ross tries to salvage the treaty, but the Japanese government blames
him for the theft of their Adamantium and the subsequent White House
attack. Ross realizes that the mastermind behind these events is Dr.
Samuel Sterns (Tim Blake Nelson), who gained advanced intelligence
after being exposed to the blood of Bruce Banner / Hulk during the
Abomination's rampage through Harlem.
Wilson and Torres find
Sterns and learn how he uses technology and the song "Mr. Blue"
to control minds. Sterns was also the buyer who hired Sidewinder to
steal the Adamantium hoping that it would put US and Japan on the
path to conflict. Sterns escapes while they are fighting
mind-controlled soldiers. Wilson also finds a file on Ross,
indicating that Ross was taking some pills under supervision from
Sterns.
Ross sends Bat-Seraph to secure Camp Echo One, where
she finds and helps Wilson and Torres. The trio meet with Wilson's
military friend Dennis Dunphy (William Mark McCullough), who has
Sidewinder in custody. Wilson learns enough from Sidewinder to deduce
Sterns's plan to destroy Ross's reputation.
Wilson learns from
Sidewinder that Ross imprisoned Sterns at Camp Echo One, publicly
blamed him for the Abomination's actions, and promised to release him
if Sterns helped advance him to the presidency. Ross made Sterns make
technology and weapons for the state.
Japan blames Ross for
stealing the Adamantium himself and then present it as a peace
offering at the summit. They reject Ross' peace offer and advance
their own Navy to Celestial Island to take complete control of the
Adamantium, followed by the navies of India and France. Wilson,
Torres, and Bat-Seraph go to Celestial Island where Ross and Ozaki
(Takehiro Hira), the Prime Minister of Japan, are racing to claim
ownership of Adamantium. Ross had sent the Carrier Group 5 to secure
US interests.
Wilson flies out to the Indo-Pacific Ocean where
Ross is leading the US fleet. Ross tells Wilson that he is dying of
heart failure and had Sterns develop pills that have prolonged his
life. Ross refused to release Sterns for fear that he would no longer
make the pills, leading to Sterns's anger and plans for
revenge.
Sterns takes control of the minds of two American
pilots and makes them attack the Japanese fleet. Wilson and Torres
intercept the planes and convince the Japanese to stand down, but
Torres is critically injured in the fight.
Back in the US,
Torres undergoes surgery, as things start to go back to normal.
Wilson is consoled by his friend Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan).
Wilson believes that he had Sterns and allowed him to escape, and
doubts his own ability as Captain America. Sterns kills Dunphy, who
learned that the pills have been adding gamma radiation to Ross's
body and surrenders himself to Wilson. Sterns's arrest and connection
to Ross are publicly revealed while the latter is at a press
conference.
Ross loses control of his emotions and transforms
into a red Hulk, destroying part of the White House. Wilson injures
Ross enough that he can be reasoned with and reminds Ross of visits
to Washington, D.C.'s cherry blossom trees with his estranged
daughter Betty. Ross reverts to normal.
After the incident,
Bradley is exonerated, Wilson invites a recovering Torres to join the
Avengers, and the treaty is ratified. Ross resigns and has himself
incarcerated at the Raft, where Wilson and Betty visit him.
An
imprisoned Sterns warns Wilson of a coming attack from other worlds.
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