Marvel Studios is taking a unique creative approach with Captain America: Brave New World, and its success could shape the direction of future MCU films and TV shows. Set to release on February 14, the film marks a crucial turning point for both Sam Wilson’s Captain America and the franchise as a whole.

Brave New World will soon be arriving in cinemas, and some lucky critics have already had the chance to watch the movie and share their initial thoughts. A lot is riding on the superhero movie as it opens up Phase 6 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and is Anthony Mackie's first film in the role of Captain America.

MCU film, the solid but unexceptional "Deadpool & Wolverine," poked fun at this very scenario, with Ryan Reynolds' Merc with a Mouth joking that Marvel is "at a bit of a low point." Holding off all reactions to "Captain America: Brave New World" until just two days before the film's theatrical release did not look like a show of confidence from Marvel Studios.

Hollywood star Anthony Mackie has taken on the mantle of Captain America in the latest MCU movie, Captain America: Brave New World. Here is how critics have been reacting to it.