From Captain to Captain, the marvel series still never fails to surprise and stun fans across the marvel universe. A new Captain America and he is African American (Anthony Mackie). The Avenger known as Falcon is Sam Wilson, a human who uses a winged flight suit to help the Avengers. After years of working alongside Captain America, Sam takes on the mantle of Captain America by receiving the legendary shield.
This new chapter with Sam Wilson frames his choice to wear the stars as a moral and symbolic act, but it never fully defines why someone who has lived outside protection would sign up to represent a system that so often fails people who look like him. The wrongful imprisonment of Isaiah Bradley, a Black veteran whose story haunts the Marvel Cinematic Universe, offers a chance for internal conflict in Sam Wilson’s moral viewpoint. The film, however, largely sidesteps that confrontation. Instead of questioning the system that victimized Bradley Wilson, he defends the institutions that enabled it, framing his faith in government as a vehicle for change rather than a liability.
Wilson’s argument rests on the idea that people can be reformed by service and trust. He extends that logic to Thaddeus Ross, portrayed as a man strained by personal loss and national consequence. Ross’s estrangement from his daughter, Betty, after the events surrounding the Hulk is written as a catalyst for his desire to pursue reconciliation and stability. The film leans on that emotional through line to justify Wilson’s optimism. The main antagonist, Samuel Sterns, returns from 2008’s “The Incredible Hulk” but lands as an anemic threat. Tim Blake Nelson’s Sterns carries grudges against Ross, yet the character lacks menace, nuance and a clear motive that resonates beyond plot mechanics. Replacing Sterns with a passive element would not fundamentally alter the film’s trajectory; his presence creates friction without elevating stakes.
Giancarlo Esposito shows up in Captain America: Brave New World playing Sidewinder, one of the film’s antagonists. He’s stepping into a role pulled straight from the comics, but like a lot of MCU adaptations, the movie’s take is expected to look and feel different from the source material. We don’t have many details about Esposito’s Sidewinder yet, beyond that he’s positioned as a counter to Anthony Mackie’s Sam Wilson/Captain America. Still, Sidewinder’s deep comic-book history gives the filmmakers a lot to work with and hints at ways the character could be retooled to fit the film’s story. Although the audience the horrible 2 hours of viewing of MCU’s least interesting film we still want to give the film an 6 out 10 Gems via our rating system until we see an Ryan Coogler black panther add on there will be no 10 out 10 in my subjective opinion.