It is always a bad sign when a superhero action Marvel movie is released within the weak months of January or February. The best example is last year's "Madame Web", released one year ago today - arguably the worst movie ever produced.
The problem with "Captain America: Brave New World" is that the screenwriting collaboration using three writers did not work - the same problem with Madame Web. You would think that the executives at Marvel Studios would have realized that having three screenwriters for this movie would again, not work, after the disaster with Madame Web last year.
This story plays like each of the screenwriters wrote their different part(s) without communicating with the other screenwriters, resulting in a completely disconnected story. While watching this mostly bad film, it is impossible to know why something is happening or the reasons why. There is no attempt to educate the audience. Action, facts, and dialogue are thrown at the audience, with no possible way to follow what is happening. Considering the budget of this movie is 180 million dollars, not having a great screenplay is a huge mistake.
The stars of this film are Harrison Ford, who plays President Ross, and Anthony Mackie, who plays Captain America - a version that can also fly. Once again this action movie adopts the philosophy of action scenes first, who cares about the story - which has not worked for more movies over the years than can be counted.
The attempt to save this movie comes at the end when Harrison Ford turns into a giant red Hulk and a huge fight scene with Captain America. The special effects are good in this scene, but by then the entire movie made almost no sense and anyone watching this cannot wait for the film to be finally over.
This time around the very low 52% ratings on Rotten Tomatoes are accurate, only giving this movie this high a rating because of some of the acting with Harrison Ford and Anthony Mackie and the action scenes. This movie is far better than Madame Web which I rated a zero, but is still not worth recommending.
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