Captain America: The First Avenger Movie Reviews

Captain America: The First Avenger turns out in the end — and this is really the opposite of a spoiler — to have been a two-hour teaser for another movie. That picture, foreshadowed in the second Hulk, the first Thor and both Iron Man episodes and scheduled to open next May, will be called The Avengers. Whether you regard its imminence with resignation, dread or uncontainable glee depends on your standing in the Marvel Universe. Shareholders and die-hard fans

He's almost like Iron Man, this new Marvel comic's hero, Captain America. Of course, Chris Evans doesn't have the chutzpah of and sardonic charm of Robert Downey Jr which makes Iron Man a rockstar amongst superheroes. But he does have a lot of heart and brings an integrity to his role as he metarmophoses from scrawny side hero Steve Rogers to towering inferno Captain America. Like the latest X-Men, Captain America too successfully uses World War II

With due respect to Christopher Nolan, it's been a while since we saw a comic book movie that wasn't trying to be dark and brooding. Mercifully, Captain America: The First Avenger, the last movie in Marvel Comics' run-up to next year's highly awaited The Avengers, is great at being exactly what it aspires to be: a dreamily-framed, action-packed graphic novel brought to life on the big screen in glorious (albeit unnecessary) 3D. The Captain America myth

Blessed with an old-fashioned charm that you don't find in most modern blockbusters, 'Captain America: The First Avenger' is a simple, straightforward superhero film that places greater emphasis on story and characters over special effects and set-pieces. Dating all the way back to World War II, this origin story stars Chris Evans as Steve Rogers, a scrawny Army reject who enlists for a radical experiment, becomes a buff soldier with superhuman strength

With World War II in full swing, Steve Rogers (Evans), a scrawny Brooklyn boy wants to do his country proud but a list of infirmities make his enlistment an impossibility. This is until Dr Abraham Erskine (Tucci), head of the military's top secret super-soldier project, sees Rogers arguing with his friend, the suave lothario Sgt James Bucky Barnes (a far cry from the Robin-like, teen-aged side-kick from the early comics). Erskine believes Rogers

If you aren't a fan of the superheroes emerging out of the Marvel Comics stables, then this might be a bad time for you, movie-goer. Because sure as Coca-Cola or Nike or Nokia, Marvel has cracked the blockbuster code. For the next dozen years, at the very least, they are set to hammer out unspectacular but efficient summer successes, pretty much non-stop. Occasionally something special will come along, sure, and once in a while there'll be a disastrous tumble

Captain America saves the world, but not this film. For a story about an American superhero launched as a weapon against an evil Nazi force, it is predictable fare. Also, the film was converted to 3D in post-production rather unnecessarily, for it doesn't particularly warrant a more expensive watch. Set in 1942-43, the period film touch nicely sets it apart from most other superhero flicks. Inspired from the Marvel Comics character, Captain America

Captain America: The First Avenger review Biz rating: 1.5/5 stars. What's Good: The performances; the well-execute...