Captain America: The First Avenger
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During World War II, Steve Rogers is a sickly man from Brooklyn who's transformed into super-soldier Captain America to aid in the war effort. Rogers must stop the Red Skull – Adolf Hitler's ruthless head of weaponry, and the leader of an organization that intends to use a mysterious device of untold powers for world domination.
What critics thought
A retro-flavored wartime adventure that earns more goodwill from its 1940s setting and Chris Evans's earnest performance than from any particular narrative ambition. Critics who warmed to it praised its old-school serial energy and genuine emotional pull; detractors found it formulaic franchise machinery — competent but thinly written, with its eye more on setting up future Marvel films than telling a complete story of its own.
“Johnston has delivered a light, clever and deftly balanced adventure picture with real lump in the throat nostalgia, with Nazis – who make the best villains, and with loving references to Star Wars and Raiders of the Lost Ark.”
Roger Moore·Orlando Sentinel
“I enjoyed the movie. I appreciated the 1940s period settings and costumes, which were a break with the usual generic cityscapes. I admired the way that director Joe Johnston propelled the narrative. I got a sense of a broad story, rather than the impression of a series of sensational set pieces.”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
“Captain America: The First Avenger plays like a by-the-numbers prequel for Marvel Studios' forthcoming The Avengers movie”
Peter Debruge·Variety
“[A] hokey, hacky, two-hour-plus exercise in franchise transition/price gouging, complete with utterly unnecessary post-converted 3-D”
Karina Longworth·The Village Voice
“this one feels perhaps a little too simplistic and routine”
Kirk Honeycutt·The Hollywood Reporter
Genres
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Cast & Crew
Joe JohnstonDirector
Chris EvansCaptain America / Steve Rogers
Hayley AtwellPeggy Carter
Sebastian StanJames Buchanan 'Bucky' Barnes
Tommy Lee JonesColonel Chester Phillips
Hugo WeavingJohann Schmidt / Red Skull
Dominic CooperHoward Stark
Richard ArmitageHeinz Kruger
Stanley TucciDr. Abraham Erskine
Samuel L. JacksonNick Fury
Toby JonesDr. Arnim Zola
Neal McDonoughTimothy 'Dum Dum' Dugan
Derek LukeGabe Jones
Alan SilvestriComposer
Stephen McFeelyWriter
Christopher MarkusWriter
Shelly JohnsonCinematographyFrom the studio
Captain America: The First Avenger
During World War II, Steve Rogers is a sickly man from Brooklyn who's transformed into super-soldier Captain America to aid in the war effort. Rogers must stop the Red Skull – Adolf Hitler's ruthless head of weaponry, and the leader of an organization that intends to use a mysterious device of untold powers for world domination.
What critics thought
A retro-flavored wartime adventure that earns more goodwill from its 1940s setting and Chris Evans's earnest performance than from any particular narrative ambition. Critics who warmed to it praised its old-school serial energy and genuine emotional pull; detractors found it formulaic franchise machinery — competent but thinly written, with its eye more on setting up future Marvel films than telling a complete story of its own.
“Johnston has delivered a light, clever and deftly balanced adventure picture with real lump in the throat nostalgia, with Nazis – who make the best villains, and with loving references to Star Wars and Raiders of the Lost Ark.”
Roger Moore·Orlando Sentinel
“I enjoyed the movie. I appreciated the 1940s period settings and costumes, which were a break with the usual generic cityscapes. I admired the way that director Joe Johnston propelled the narrative. I got a sense of a broad story, rather than the impression of a series of sensational set pieces.”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
“Captain America: The First Avenger plays like a by-the-numbers prequel for Marvel Studios' forthcoming The Avengers movie”
Peter Debruge·Variety
“[A] hokey, hacky, two-hour-plus exercise in franchise transition/price gouging, complete with utterly unnecessary post-converted 3-D”
Karina Longworth·The Village Voice
“this one feels perhaps a little too simplistic and routine”
Kirk Honeycutt·The Hollywood Reporter
Genres
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Cast & Crew
Joe JohnstonDirectorChris EvansCaptain America / Steve RogersHayley AtwellPeggy CarterSebastian StanJames Buchanan 'Bucky' BarnesTommy Lee JonesColonel Chester PhillipsHugo WeavingJohann Schmidt / Red SkullDominic CooperHoward StarkRichard ArmitageHeinz KrugerStanley TucciDr. Abraham ErskineSamuel L. JacksonNick FuryToby JonesDr. Arnim ZolaNeal McDonoughTimothy 'Dum Dum' DuganDerek LukeGabe JonesAlan SilvestriComposerStephen McFeelyWriterChristopher MarkusWriterShelly JohnsonCinematographyFrom the studio
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