Anthony Mackie stars in Brave New World, which arrives more than a decade after the actor made his Marvel debut in Captain America: The Winter Soldier as Sam Wilson/The Falcon. The new film follows the hero as he dons the mantle of Captain America, following Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) handing him the shield in Avengers: Endgame (2019).

Instead, audiences are treated to a no-nonsense black-and-white logo that really sets the tone for what's to come. Gone is the loud fanfare and, in its place, a back-to-basics approach that runs throughout the rest of the Julius Onah-directed movie's two-hour runtime.

“This isn’t an instruction manual for the current president,” he said. “It’s simply a story about a group of people in tight suits who can fly, as part of the wonderful imagination that the Marvel Cinematic Universe provides. It’s primarily an escape from reality.”