Captain America: Brave New World 2025
The 35th MCU film, directed by Julius Onah and credited to roughly a dozen-and-a-half writers (Malcolm Spellman among them), with Anthony Mackie's Sam Wilson now carrying the shield. All three hosts pan it: Chris calls it one of the worst superhero movies he's ever seen, Amanda says it 'sucked,' and Sean rates it near the bottom of the MCU. Their read: not a movie so much as loose ends being tied up from 'The Incredible Hulk,' 'Eternals,' and 'The Falcon and the Winter Soldier,' with visible seams from heavy reshoots (Giancarlo Esposito's Sidewinder added late, gone by the third act). The plot hangs on adamantium mined from the Celestial in 'Eternals' (an X-Men tease), Isaiah Bradley's mind-controlled assassination attempt, and Harrison Ford's President Thaddeus Ross turning into Red Hulk in the last 20 minutes, resolved via CGI cherry blossoms. Danny Ramirez plays the new Falcon; Shira Haas's Ruth/Sabra gets nothing to do; Tim Blake Nelson's Leader is played straight. They'd rather have watched 'Madame Web.'