The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021)

What earned the score

• Bank Rejection as Blunt Racial Allegory

  Sam Wilson is denied a bank loan after the employee questions his income and treats him and his sister with conspicuous disdain. The scene uses their Black identity to turn a loan application into blunt messaging about racial discrimination.

• Black Heroes as Representation Statement

  Sam and James Rhodes, played by Anthony Mackie and Don Cheadle, appear together as Black superheroes in a scene of ordinary conversation. Their shared presence is treated as a political statement about representation, not merely as incidental casting.

• Race Politics in the Captaincy

  The government gives Captain America’s shield to white John Walker after Sam Wilson turns it over, and Sam wonders whether a Black Captain America would be acceptable to much of the country. The succession is framed through race, turning the legacy role into an identity-politics question.

• Government Betrayal of National Symbol

  The government lies to Sam about making him Captain America’s replacement because he is not white, placing federal authority and the stars-and-stripes shield under a racial indictment. The show makes national allegiance itself a point of conflict.

Details

Following the events of “Avengers: Endgame”, the Falcon, Sam Wilson and the Winter Soldier, Bucky Barnes team up in a global adventure that tests their abilities, and their patience.

Starring

Anthony MackieSebastian StanWyatt RussellErin KellymanDaniel Brühl

Genre

Action & AdventureSci-Fi & FantasyDrama

Release Date

Mar 19, 2021

Parents Guide

• Sex None

  Women in a club are briefly seen in semi-revealing clothing.

• Violence Moderate

  Bucky goes into Assassin mode and stabs and punches people several times, he also chokes many of them. Quite violent and intense.

  Someone is shot through the chest, we see a short splat of blood and we briefly see the bullet wound

  Someone is stabbed in the arm (onscreen) the knife is then pulled out and we briefly see the stab wound

  A man is shot at close range, they cut and we see a large blood splat all over the victims body and face (this has recently been edited to where no blood is shown)

  Sharon beats down a number of bounty hunters; she stabs, punches, kicks and shoots them, getting some blows herself. Very violent and intense.

  A person is unexpectedly shot in the head.

  Sharon Carter has a brutal clash with a few men, where she throws metal pipes at them and beats them up. Quite brutal.

  Bucky hits someone with a metal pipe and then throws it at someone else; it ends up going through the person's chest and this is shown with blood.

  Audible bone breaks, stabbings, shootings, and knife fights which result in some bloody detail.

  There is a realistic prison riot where Zemo tries to escape; he beats down several guards and in the background you can see other prisoners fighting. Somewhat violent.

• Profanity Mild

  Casual profanity. Frequent uses of words like "d**n", "hell", and "s**t". Some uses of "b**ch", "Lord's name in vain", and "a**hole".

  Not a movie for Christians. There's several uses of the Lord's name in vain. Just like many of the recent Multiverse movies.

• Drugs Mild

  Alcohol use.

• Frightening Scenes Moderate

  The mild violence could be upsetting for sensitive younger viewers.

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