Captain America Brave New World review: Red Hulk can’t smash away Marvel’s dullness; wake me up when this MCU phase ends  

Anthony Mackie tries and Harrison Ford almost succeeds, but neither can save this dull MCU actioner. Right before the screening of Captain America: Brave New World begins, viewers are treated to the Fantastic Four: First Steps trailer. In it, Thing says he wants to add garlic to some recipe to add that ‘zip’. If you are wondering why I am talking about an unreleased film in a Captain America review, that should be a clue of how uninteresting the latter was.

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But also because that garlic metaphor sums up Brave New World. As a recipe, it has everything – spectacular action, VFX, big mean villains, and Marvel dialoguebaazi. Yet, it lacks the zip, the pinch of garlic, and the emotion that would have made it something more than just a yawn-worthy snoozefest. Brave New World sees Anthony Mackie‘s Sam Wilson officially take over the mantle of Captain America from Steve Rogers (Chris Evans). 

Mackie’s Struggle with Impostor Syndrome: A Missed Opportunity for Captain America’s Evolution

 And just like his character, Mackie, too, seems to be grappling with a serious impostor syndrome. The urge to prove yourself as the right Captain America is a meta theme connecting the actor and character. It could have played out well. But the way Marvel and director Julius Onah handle it, Captain America turns into an over-eager schoolboy out to please the headmaster.

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Brave New World sees the newly-elected President Thaddeus ‘Thunderbolt’ Ross (Harrison Ford) finally address the Celestial emerging from the Earth’s surface.This treaty is to be his legacy, but a shadowy villain is out to destroy it even if it means a global war. Captain America and the new Falcon (Danny Ramirez) must put their differences with Ross aside to save the day.

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