Examining the Captain America: Brave New World Trailer

Marvel Studios released the first trailer for Captain America: Brave New World. Not only is it the first film with Anthony Mackie in the title role, but it is also the first with Harrison Ford as Thunderbolt Ross.

The plot involves newly-elected President Ross (Harrison Ford, taking over the role from the late William Hurt) wanting Captain America (Anthony Mackie in his first big-screen outing as Cap) to be an official agent of the US military. At some point afterward, Isaiah Bradley tries to assassinate President Ross, which thrusts the new Captain America into the fray to defend the good ol’ U.S. of A.

**President Ross meets with the new Captain America Sam Wilson**

**Isaiah Bradley tosses an agent aside like a toy**

**Bradley fires a gun at President Ross, who is behind bulletproof glass**

**President Ross reacting to this assassination attempt**

**Bradley presumably escapes through a window of The White House**

**Sam warning President Ross that his inner circle has been compromised**

**Cap with a cool double-kick attack that shows he’s attained at least a few Feats on his character sheet**

**Sam and President Ross with an unknown third character**

**Disaster strikes a US Aircraft Carrier**

**Looks like a funeral for somebody important. Could it be for President Ross?**

**Sam in street clothes fending off attackers with his shield.**

**Blowing up vehicles is part of a day’s work for Giancarlo Esposito’s character.**

**The after-effects of an action scene**

**Sam donning the Captain America outfit, possibly during or after that action scene.**

**An explosion rips through The White House**

**Cap ready to take flight against enemy aircraft**

**It looks like we will see some cool dogfight sequence between New Cap and aircraft**

**In the final shot, we see The RED HULK catching the shield and tossing it to the ground**

**Red Hulk buries the shield in the ground with one slam**

So what does this all mean?

We know that President Ross wants Captain America to be a full-fledged agent of the US Military and that Sam doesn’t want to do this. However, Isaiah Bradley’s attempt to assassinate the President certainly puts Sam in a weird position. Why? Sam met Isaiah in The Falcon and The Winter Soldier TV series a few years back and learned he was also a Super Soldier serum volunteer, just like Steve Rogers.

In short, this means Sam’s predecessor and mentor is part of a plot to kill the President of the United States.

Bradley was likely brainwashed into doing this. After all, Bucky was brainwashed into becoming The Winter Soldier. So it’s reasonable that similar means were used on Isaiah.

Of course, we’ll probably have a climactic battle in the final act against The Red Hulk.

Captain America: Brave New World hits theaters on Valentine’s Day February 14, 2025.

On the next page, we’ll dive into potential SPOILERS with what we know from the characters’ history in the comics. Do not proceed if you are concerned about potential spoilers!

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