If the central conflict of Captain America: Brave New World could be summed up with one word, it would be adamantium. The precious element, which is discovered all throughout the “Celestial Island” that rose from the Earth during the events of The Eternals, is the subject of an international treaty being negotiated by the newly-elected President Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross (Harrison Ford), in an attempt to rehabilitate his reputation as a warmongering leader. But Ross’ dark past comes back to haunt him, threatening not only his legacy but the state of the whole world.
But this film is called Captain America, after all, so it’s up to Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie), aka Captain America, to investigate who is trying to tear down Ross, what mind control has to do with it, and what we all really need to remember from 2008’s The Incredible Hulk.
