I was so excited to see this movie after the first teaser trailer while I was at my local IMAX, so today, I headed over to see Captain America: Brave New World in IMAX 3D for my review of the latest Marvel Studios movie.
After meeting with newly elected U.S. President Thaddeus Ross, Sam finds himself caught in the midst of an international incident. He must uncover the reason behind a sinister global plot before the true mastermind causes the world to see red.
The movie takes us to the next chapter in the MCU after Falcon and the Winter Soldier, now Sam (Anthony Mackie) has fully taken on the mantel of Captain America and he certainly has big shoes to fill after Steve Rogers (Chris Evans), Sam isn’t a super-soldier, but that doesn’t stop him from kicking some backsides in some excellent action sequences that will have you on the edge of your seat.
It takes some getting used to seeing a Captain America movie without Chris Evans. However, in this penultimate film of Phase 5 of the MCU, we approach the conclusion of the Multiverse Saga with the upcoming Avengers 2.0 movies: Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars. It feels like we’re hitting the reset button by introducing new characters that we haven’t seen on screen before. Yet, for those familiar with the comic books, some of these characters may be recognizable.
After a short while, I got used to Sam being called Cap and it didn’t take too long before I got used to seeing Harrison Ford playing President Thaddeus Ross, there is a nice touch where Sam mentions the new look that Ross has without the moustache! Ford has taken over the role of Ross after the death of William Hurt in 2022 and I have to say that I loved Ford’s portrayal of the character.
There have been several negative reviews about Captain America: Brave New World, I enjoyed every minute of it, I loved the characters with some great performances from Ford, Mackie and Giancarlo Esposito as Sidewinder. But when it comes to creepy villains I enjoyed the scenes with Tim Blake Nelson as Samuel Sterns, certainly looking forward to more from him.
But the major scene stealer for me was the Red Hulk, the introduction of this raging beast full of anger was pretty awesome and the fight sequence with the character not only looked amazing on the IMAX screen but sounded brilliant as well.
It was also great to see Liv Tyler returning as Betty Ross and also we got a connection to 2008’s The Incredible Hulk, not only that we finally, yes finally, got a connection to another MCU movie that seemed to have been forgotten for a while, The Eternals!
Director Julius Onah (The Cloverfield Paradox) has brought us a fun, action-packed, movie that you don’t have to take too seriously and just have fun with it.
When it comes to seeing a movie “Filmed for IMAX” it has to be seen in IMAX and Captain America: Brave New World is no exception, the film is specially shot and formatted for IMAX with some specially formatted sequences in IMAX’s exclusive 1.90:1 aspect ratio, which gives us up to 26% more picture than non-IMAX cinemas look stunning on the IMAX screen, allowing them to immerse you into the action taking place.
The IMAX 3D is crystal clear and gives many of the scenes a great feeling of depth with over 30 minutes of IMAX’s exclusive Expanded Aspect Ratio (EAR).
For me Captain America: Brave New World has to be seen in IMAX, be it 2D or 3D but if you can do IMAX 3D then certainly give that a shot to experience all the eye-popping action.