Jim Phelps is the new leader of the Impossible Missions Force, with no explanation, or even reference made, about the departure of predecessor Dan Briggs. First up for Phelps is a mission involving the drug trade. Cresnik and Walters have cornered the heroin market and sell it at a handsome profit to gangs around the world. Phelps devises an operation which will drive a wedge between the heroin dealers and their customers.
在《复仇者联盟4：终局之战》的结尾，美国队长将盾牌交给了猎鹰（安东尼·麦凯饰），相信他能够继承美国队长的精神。此后，“猎鹰”萨姆·威尔逊和“冬兵”巴奇·巴恩斯（塞巴斯蒂安·斯坦饰）联合参与了一场全球性冒险行动，他们的能力和耐心受到考验 [39]。“美国队长”史蒂夫·罗杰斯卸任、灭霸被终结后，这个世界依旧不宁静。猎鹰继承了美国队长头衔之后美国政府对此心存抵触 [22]。“泽莫男爵”赫尔穆特·泽莫（丹尼尔·布鲁赫饰）似乎还要捣乱，猎鹰与冬兵出任务时还遇到了美国队长的前女友莎伦·卡特（艾米丽·万凯普饰） [1
