Film Review - Captain America: Brave New World
February 12, 2025
“Captain America: Brave New World” is meant to become the first step forward towards a new “Avengers” movie (due in 2026), beginning to realign heroic forces for a fresh team-up against a new source of evil. The production wants to be a big screen spectacle, but it carries a little homework, as some of it plays like a sequel to 2008’s “The Incredible Hulk,” and the rest picks up after the 2021 Disney+ streaming show, “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.” If you haven’t kept pace with the Marvel Universe, the latest chapter will be a tad puzzling. And if you’re a faithful student of all things comic book entertainment, the picture might be a little infuriating. “Brave New World” boasts some impressive technical credits and a wonderful supporting turn from Harrison Ford, who’s new to the superhero game. It’s storytelling that’s a real struggle for the endeavor, as director Julius Onah (“The Cloverfield Paradox”) shows little authority with this collection of battling characters, making it difficult to get involved in the loosely knotted tale. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com
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