CAPTAIN AMERICA 4 Star Anthony Mackie Explains How Sam Wilson Is Able to Battle Super Powered Villains

One of the biggest issues that I have with Sam Wilson becoming the MCU's new Captain America in the MCU is that he doesn’t have superpowers, yet when he fights people, he’s fighting like he has superpowers.

Wilson will find himself battling powerful super-powered villains in the MCU, and at some point in Captain America: Brave New World he will be facing off with The Red Hulk, a character that there’s no way anyone could beat without superpowers.

But, in a way, Wilson will have superpowers because apparently, the suit that he wears enhances his abilities, including his strength. 

While at the Disney APAC Content Showcase in Singapore, Anthony Mackie addressed how the new Captain America will deal with superpowered threats with no Super Soldier Serum pumping through his veins. 

He said: "Sam’s evolution is simple. He’s still a counsellor. He’s still serving soldiers, but at the same time, now he’s a leader of his community in the country. It’s very different with the serum - you can fight anybody.

“When you don’t have the serum, you have to be smart and engineer different ways of defeating [enemies]. With Sam, him being a counselor, he uses more of his brains than brawn. He uses more of his wit than his fist. He’s more of a friend to everyone."

He goes on to explain that his new suit will even the odds in these fights, saying: "It’s a high-tech suit. I went to Wakanda, met with everybody in Wakanda, we had dinner. It was a great time. They threw me a welcome party. It was dope. But when I was leaving, they gave me a suit, right?"

"I put it on. I can kick harder, I can fly faster, and it gives me the ability to be more agile in my skills, so it’s taking all my skills to a completely different level."

As for what fans can expect from the latest Captain America adventure, he teased: "If you look at these Marvel movies, they go with different genres. You have the fantasy world, you have the space world, you have the raccoon world. With the Captain America stories, it has always been the realistic, grounding world."

"This movie stays in the line with the original Captain America, of that thrill, of that espionage, of that grounded nature with storytelling and really investing the actual audience into the story.”

In the film, “After meeting with newly elected U.S. President Thaddeus Ross, played by Harrison Ford in his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut, Sam finds himself in the middle of an international incident.

“He must discover the reason behind a nefarious global plot before the true mastermind has the entire world seeing red.”

The first reactions that have come out of the film have not been good. the movie is described as “inessential” and “flat.” But, we’ll just have to wait to see the movie for ourselves.

What do you think about Mackie’s comments on how Sam Wilson will be able to stand up against and effectively fight super-powered villains?

Captain America: Brave New World opens in U.S. theaters on February 14, 2025.