Review: The Falcon and The Winter Soldier

The new poster for the show.

When Captain America hands over the shield and asks Sam Wilson how he feels at the end of Avengers: Endgame, he says, "Like it belongs to someone else." Wilson, a.k.a., has been groaning under its weight ever since. After being burdened by expectations, the Falcon is left questioning his right to Steve Roger's legacy.

After going rogue for a while, Rogers' best friend, James 'Bucky' Barnes, is out and about atoning for the sins committed during his days as The Winter Soldier which is a period when he lost control of his mind.

From the start, The Falcon and The Winter Soldier is about one man's fears for the future and the other's struggle to reconcile with the past. But, as has been the case for some time, Marvel Studios isn't content with sticking to the standard superhero mold.

They push hard, and as a result, The Falcon and The Winter Soldier is more than just a pair of super-human protagonists, their journey of self-discovery, and their attempt to save the world. While these elements are firmly embedded throughout, they lay the groundwork for a larger canvas.

The scope of the ambition becomes clear during the unraveling of the villains. Like Thanos in Avengers: Endgame, the antagonists in this film – a group of teenagers known as the Flag Smashers – belong to the crop of villains whose causes are noble but qualify as evil due to the means they use to achieve them.

And therefore, by now, this has become a standard motif in the superhero template, serving only to make the story more palatable. The show then makes its biggest strides with the questions it poses to American society – whether it is ready to forego the traits of blonde hair, blue eyes, and fair skin in order for a Black man to take up the mantle of Captain America; if, after all, a Black man should fight for a country that has been largely unfair to him all along. -taken from The Hindu