When Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) handed his protect over to Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie) in “Avengers: Endgame,” it signaled a serious, promising shift within the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s establishment. The spirit of Captain America would now reside on in one other character, and we might simply have to attend and see how nicely Sam Wilson might deal with a lead position.
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Though Mackie technically made his debut as Captain America within the 2021 Disney+ TV present “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier,” the 2025 movie “Captain America: Courageous New World” is extensively thought to be his first correct try to fill Rogers’ footwear. The film’s critiques had been sadly combined, with /Movie’s Jeremy Mathai describing “Courageous New World” as a “secure, forgettable rehash.” Normal audiences did not appear to like it both; the movie was a clear-cut disappointment on the field workplace, one which spells a number of doubt over whether or not the MCU machine may even be worthwhile going ahead.
The excellent news is that Evans himself appeared to understand the movie. As Mackie defined in an interview with E! Information, Evans texted him after watching the film with a constructive (if considerably formal evaluation). “I have never talked to him, I simply received a textual content from him saying ‘good job’ and he cherished the film,” Mackie defined. “I have never talked to him as a result of we each been operating round. He is in the course of Europe someplace working,” he added.
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Courageous New World has its flaws, however Mackie is not certainly one of them
The opposite large evaluation Mackie obtained got here from his children, and that one was rather less promising. “They cherished the film, they cherished me within the film. However they mentioned the perfect factor about it was the hen fingers on the afterparty,” the actor admitted.
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As anticipated, some Marvel followers who had been upset by “Courageous New World” have additionally been skeptical that Evans truly thought the film was good. The obvious shortness of the textual content, coupled with the truth that Evans solely had a easy “good job” to supply, implies to some of us that he was merely being well mannered. As one particular person wrote within the r/MarvelStudios subreddit, “Properly come on what do you anticipate them to say, ‘Chris texted me, mentioned the film was s**t’?” It is unlikely Evans would ever say one thing so blunt and much more unlikely that Mackie would speak about it publicly if he did.
However whereas viewers might make enjoyable of “Courageous New World” for not fairly being on the identical degree because the earlier three “Captain America” movies, they’re going to typically concede that Mackie himself was effective within the eponymous position. The film’s issues stem from its large twist being spoiled by the advertising and marketing (that and some main adjustments being made to the movie and its social commentary by what looks as if a string of reshoots and rewrites). As a complete, “Courageous New World” has most of the identical points as different initiatives the MCU has churned out in its post-“Endgame” malaise. Frankly, it does not appear to be there was something Mackie himself might’ve performed to repair that.
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“Captain America: Courageous New World” is now out there to lease or purchase on PVOD.
