Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) (original) (raw)
Steve Rogers volunteers to participate in an experimental program that turns him into the Super Soldier known as Captain America. As Captain America, Rogers joins forces with Bucky Barnes and Peggy Carter to wage war on the evil HYDRA organization, led by the villainous Red Skull.
Steve Rogers volunteers to participate in an experimental program that turns him into the Super Soldier known as Captain America. As Captain America, Rogers joins forces with Bucky Barnes and Peggy Carter to wage war on the evil HYDRA organization, led by the villainous Red Skull. (less)
Director: Joe Johnston
Writers: Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely, Joe Simon, Jack Kirby
Starring: Chris Evans, Hayley Atwell, Sebastian Stan, Tommy Lee Jones, Hugo Weaving, Dominic Cooper
Producer: Kevin Feige
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Review by Drew Taylor, July 20, 2011
6 / 10
Is there room, in the current market of brooding, angst-ridden superheroes, for a hero as gamely upbeat as Captain America? While he's certainly had his darker moments (in a recent run by Ed Brubaker, his all-American persona was subverted considerably), the Captain America of yore was a shining example of the power of domestic jingoism. Would anybody still buy it in today's morally muddy climate? After a brief prologue set in the modern day with an arctic team discovering something unusual trapped in the past, we're back in 1941 for the start of Captain America: The First Avenger. Tha ...read more...
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