Captain America: Brave New World wastes little time in getting its point across. Gone is the usual Marvel Studios opening fanfare and, in its place, a black-and-white logo that hints at a no-nonsense, back-to-basics thriller that's intent on reining the MCU in after a Phase filled with multiverse meddling and gratuitous cameos.
While the fourth Captain America movie doesn't quite make good on its bountiful potential, it does finally establish Anthony Mackie's Sam Wilson as an Avengers-leader-in-waiting. After all, it's been six long years since an elderly Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) passed the torch in Avengers: Endgame.
