‘Captain America: Brave New World’ Runtime Revealed

According to reliable scooper Cryptic4k, the runtime for Captain America: Brave New World is 1 hour 58 minutes and 23 seconds with credits, making it the shortest Captain America movie so far. It also comes in shorter than the last few Marvel movies, excluding The Marvels which was only 105 minutes. 

The runtime without credits stands as 1 hour 50 minutes, which has been around the rumoured length of the movie for the past couple of months. Lots of fans online have expressed disappointment or confusion in this runtime, as so much is seemingly going on within this movie that to get it to such a runtime, it has to really shorten or rush the storylines that they are attempting. Earlier versions of this movie, that even reached the filming stages, included the Serpent Society, a separate antagonistic team for Cap to face alongside Red Hulk and The Leader. In the final version, they have been replaced by one character: Sidewinder, who will be played by Giancarlo Esposito. Whilst he only seems to have a small role in the movie, adding a big presence in an already crowded ensemble is likely to cause some strong feelings from audiences who don’t get to spend a lot of time with their favourite actors and characters because the movie has a lot of moving and jumping around to do.

Alongside talking about the runtime, it was also reported that the movie would only have one post-credits scene. Whilst it’s unknown what the scene is about, the introduction and continuation of so many plots and characters in this movie means that there are countless amounts of options for what they could end the movie with. Mackie could follow in the footsteps of Evans in the Spider-Man: Homecoming post-credits scene and leave the audience with a quick gag, or they could set up the future of Sidewinder and the Serpent Society or what The Leader has planned next for the world, after successfully creating a Red Hulk.

Beyond introducing a new Captain America to film, Brave New World has the potential to reshape the MCU in big ways. With its unique political themes and the inclusion of Red Hulk and The Leader, with an appearance from The Winter Soldier even rumoured, the film could tie directly into upcoming projects like Thunderbolts, which deals with these morally complex antiheroes and government-backed superteams. Additionally, Brave New World has already revealed its connection to Eternals—the lingering mystery of the Celestial Tiamut frozen in the ocean has finally been addressed and more will be learned within the film, after years of complaining online about the massive celestial hand emerging from the ocean going unmentioned. 

What sets Brave New World apart is its grounded yet high-stakes approach. Unlike many recent MCU films that have leaned heavily into the cosmic and multiversal, this movie appears to be bringing things back to the real world—political tensions, power struggles, and a Captain America trying to prove himself in an ever-evolving world. With its strong cast, thrilling action potential, timely political narrative and grounded themes that the MCU has been missing, Brave New World is shaping up to be one of the most important and exciting Marvel films in years.

Captain America: Brave New World is directed by Julius Onah and stars Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson / Captain America, Danny Ramirez as Joaquín Torres / The Falcon, Harrison Ford as Thaddeus Ross / Red Hulk, Tim Blake Nelson as Samuel Sterns / The Leader, and more. The film hits theatres on February 14th, 2025.

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