Captain America: Brave New World came out February 14, 2025 on Valentines Day. The movie is based on a superhero comic film. This movie is played in movie theaters but will be released on Disney Plus+ around the middle of May 2025. This film is rated PG-13 in the U.S., which means some of the content in the movie may be inappropriate for children under the age of 13.

The plot is basically Sam/Captain America helping the President and then getting caught up in having to save the world due to an evil mastermind.  Samuel Sterns makes a big plan to take down the President for not giving him his freedom back and making him into a personal thinking machine. Samuel Sterns turns the president into a “HULK” which is activated by his anger. This plan ended up putting the president in a cell after he transformed into a monster and destroyed some land and scared citizens.

Key Roles and Characters

Anthony Mackie (Captain America) – Captain America was getting objects that were stolen and used for illegal selling by Serpent Society that was hired by Samuel Sterns to help his plan.

Danny Ramirez  (The Falcon) – The Falcon is Captain America’s full-time partner that helps with fighting in crime and is basically a person who does research to help get better intel on people; His powers are flying and bird telepathy.

Shira Haa  (Sabra) –  Sabra works with the government under the President and she is basically his personal protector because of her fighting abilities.

Carl Lumbly (Isaiah Bradley) – Isaiah was once put in prison by the President, and when he was released Captain America was invited to the White House and wanted to take Isaiah with him. The President agreed but Isaiah was hypnotized by a flashing light and then a song that would play that would then cause him to shoot at the President. Since he was put in prison before by the President everyone thought that he made the plan without knowing he was being hypnotized.

 Xosha Roquemore (Leila Taylor) – She is President Ross’s Secret Service Agent but she reports back to Sam Wilson (Captain America) and tells him what happens in the White House.

Giancarlo Esposito (Sidewinder) – Sidewinder is the leader of the Serpent Society and he has spite for Captain America and wants to kill him; He was also hired by an anonymous buyer, which was Samuel Sterns, to steal an object knowing Captain America would be the one to retrieve it. Samuel Sterns told Sidewinder all of the moves that Captain America would make to fight back. 

Liv Tyler (Dr. Betty Ross) – Dr. Betty Ross is the President’s daughter, and she distanced herself from him. But at the end of the movie she visited her father in his cell to finally talk to him.

Tim Blake Nelson  (Samuel Sterns) – Samuel Sterns was infected with Bruce Banner’s blood (The HULK) and turned green. It expanded its brain and skull. The President used him as a personal thinking robot but mainly had Samuel help him heal his heart that was dying with the promise that he would give Samuel Sterns his life back. The President did not give Samuel his life back so Samuel was secretly exposing him to gamma radiation.

Harrison Ford (President Theddues Ross) – This President takes advantage of Samuel Sterns and gets a not-so-nice surprise in the end because it jeopardizes his ability as an “President.”

Opinions on the Movie

According to “Rotten Tomatoes” the score of this political thriller is “81%” meaning 81 percent of the audience like this movie while the other 19 percent didn’t enjoy it as much.

In my opinion the movie had great actors who knew how to do their job. The action and fighting were great, and it was easy to understand everyone’s side on why they were doing what they were doing. Some scenes in the movie scared me because we watched it in 3D, and it was intense fighting. It felt like I was about to be the one that was getting punched. I liked how everyone in the movie had an important part to play and it brought everything together instead.

Other people in MMS thought differently about the movie. An anonymous student stated, “I thought it was okay, but they stretched it out too long and the best part of the movie was at the end and it didn’t last that long.”