“Captain America: Brave New World” was released in the cinema this Wednesday, February 12, 2025. Before discovering it in theaters, here is the recap of everything you have to have in mind.
After the departure of Steve Rogers, at the turn of Sam Wilson to brandish the shield of Captain America. It’s in Captain America: Brave New Worldin theaters on February 12, 2025, that fans of the Marvel cinematographic universe will be able to see it for the first time at work on the big screen. In this feature film, the character embodied by Anthony Mackie will have to thwart a conspiracy of global magnitude after President Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross (Harrison Ford) was the victim of an attack.
If you have abandoned the MCU a little in recent years, or if you have not viewed the Marvel series available on Disney+, it is not impossible that certain elements of Captain America: Brave New World escape you. Below, you are summarized all the elements of intrigue to have in mind before discovering the new adventures of Sam Wilson on the big screen, in order to understand everything in the film.
A new Captain America and a new Falcon
Captain America: Brave New World Staging for the first time at the Sam Wilson cinema in the shoes of Captain America. Indeed, remember: at the end ofAvengers: Endgame, Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) decided to return to live in 1945 with Peggy Carter. Having become older, he then met Bucky Barnes and Sam Wilson. He then entrusted his shield to the latter, and gives him the mission to continue the work of Captain America. The relay passage is official.
As a result, Sam Wilson is no longer Falcon. This one is introduced for the first time in the Marvel series Falcon and the winter soldierouting on Disney+ after Avengers: Endgame. Embodied by Danny Ramirez, it is Joaquín Torres, lieutenant and an intelligence officer of the United States Air Force. Enthusiastic and voluntary, he helps Sam Wilson in several of his missions, and inherits Falcon’s costume.
What happened in Falcon and the winter soldier ?
Captain America: Brave New World is the continuation of the Marvel series Falcon and the winter soldierbroadcast in 2021 on Disney+. This takes place six months after the end ofAvengers: Endgame. We follow the adventures of Bucky Barnes and Sam Wilson in front of a terrorist group, the Flag-Smashers, who wants the world to come back before the eclipse (the snap of Thanos fingers which eliminated half of the population of galaxy). During the series, Sam Wilson puts Captain America’s shield back to the American government, and it is John Walker, a former soldier, who is chosen to be the new Captain America. During the series, John Walker moves away from the values of Captain America and became US. Agent, while Sam Wilson definitively kisses the legacy and responsibilities of the superhero on the shield, as Steve Rogers wanted.
Harrison Ford embodies a character that we have already met
It may be the most technical part of this Captain America: Brave New Worldespecially if you have followed Marvel films with a distracted eye. In this film, Captain America finds himself confronted with the newly elected American president. They are Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross, embodied in this film by Harrison Ford. But this is not the first time that the character has appeared in the MCU: this soldier is one of the main antagonists of the adventures of Hulk.
This former army of the United States army is distinguished as Secretary of State, working particularly in the experiences that have led to creating the Super-Soldat serum, and transforming Bruce Banner into Hulk. He is also the father of Betty Ross, a scientist who is loved by Bruce Banner. It is played by Liv Tyler.
In the MCU, we met this character many times: in The incredible Hulk, but also later in Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War,, Avengers: Endgame or Black Widow. Thaddeus Ross set the one who approved the Sokovie agreements, which aim to control the actions of the Avengers, a text which caused the rupture between Steve Rogers (which disavows them publicly) and Tony Stark (who accepts them) in Civil War. This division led to the inability of the Avengers to prevent Thanos eclipse in Infinity War. Thaddeus Ross is one of the victims of the eclipse. After Endgamhe returns to life (Thanos’ action is canceled) and we can see Ross attend the funeral of Tony Stark.
As you can see, this is a name that we have met regularly in the Marvel cinematographic universe. Now this is the first time that a Harrison Ford has appeared in the franchise: the character was previously embodied by actor William Hurt. Following his death on March 13, 2022, Harrison Ford replaced him.
Synopsis – Captain America: Brave New World is a Marvel film that stages Sam Wilson in the shoes of the superhero, after inheriting the shield of Steve Rogers.