Competently made but lacking any emotional soul, Captain America: Brave New World is a forgettable, low-energy, by-the-numbers sequel. Here's our review.

Brave New World has an incredibly difficult task right out of the gate: Getting us up to speed on a franchise that now encompasses more than 40 movies and TV shows. The law of diminishing returns suggests that it’s never been less likely that the average audience member will be able to recall,

Mackie's slyly dogged Captain America has less superpower than his predecessor, and so does this movie. But it does wriggle out of superhero fatigue.