How Moon Knight's Fight Scenes Mirror The Captain America Movies
Writer Beau DeMayo explains how the Russo Brothers’ Captain America movies were used as a barometer for Moon Knight’s depiction of violence. Directors Joe and Anthony Russo made their Marvel Cinematic Universe debut with Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014). As an action/spy thriller, The Winter Soldier upped Marvel Studios’ fight choreography, adding a palpable sense of intensity to its action sequences. Of course, the Russos went on to helm Captain America: Civil War (2016)—which built upon The Winter Soldier's hard-hitting action—before the final two films in the Infinity Saga.
Following Avengers: Endgame (2019), Marvel Studios has taken to the small screen in Phase 4. The MCU hasn’t looked that different on Disney+, following a similar approach to its violence and action. However, with the latest live-action series following Marvel’s equivalent of the Dark Knight, Moon Knight was poised to change that. Before its premiere earlier this month, Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige even promised that the series marks a brutal shift in the MCU's tone. Over halfway through its six episodes, Khonshu and his avatars have certainly proven themselves violent but no more so than Steve Rogers a.k.a. Captain America.
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In a recent interview with The Direct, DeMayo talked about the precedent set by previous MCU projects and how it influenced Moon Knight. In particular, the Captain America movies were used to gauge the series’ approach to violence. Read the full quote below:
“It was and it wasn’t. I think if you look at Captain America, especially like Civil War, and Winter Soldier, and like the violence in those movies particularly… you’re sitting in an
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