Storyline:
It is 1942, America has entered World War II, and sickly but determined Steve Rogers is frustrated at being rejected yet again for military service. Everything changes when Dr. Erskine recruits him for the secret Project Rebirth. Proving his extraordinary courage, wits and conscience, Rogers undergoes the experiment and his weak body is suddenly enhanced into the maximum human potential. When Dr. Erskine is then immediately assassinated, Rogers is left as a unique man who is initially misused as a propaganda mascot; however, when his comrades need him, Rogers goes on a successful adventure that truly makes him Captain America.
Additional Information:
Directed by: Joe Johnston
Produced by: Kevin Feige
Screenplay by: Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely
Based on: Captain America: by Joe Simon, Jack Kirby
Starring: Chris Evans, Tommy Lee Jones, Hugo Weaving, Hayley Atwell, Sebastian Stan, Dominic Cooper, Toby Jones, Neal McDonough, Derek Luke, Stanley Tucci
Music by: Alan Silvestri
Cinematography: Shelly Johnson
Editing by: Jeffrey Ford, Robert Dalva
Studio: Marvel Studios
Distributed by: Paramount Pictures
Release dates: July 19, 2011 (World premiere), July 22, 2011 (United States)
Running time: 124 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English
Budget: $140 million
Box office: $368,608,363
Critiques:
"It gives you all that you could ask for when you buy a ticket to a thrill ride." Shawn Levy, Portland Oregonian
"Adding goofy uncertainty to shoulders as wide as the East River makes for a disarming hero in one of the spiffiest WWII action yarns ever to march out of Hollywood." Kyle Smith, New York Post
"Captain America isn't a masterpiece, but it's a solidly crafted, elegant adventure movie that held my attention from start to finish and sent me out into the street energized instead of enervated." Dana Stevens, Slate
"What really distinguishes Captain from the other superhero movies of 2011 (and quite frankly, the majority of the others released in the last several years) is a romance that feels like an integral - not incidental - component of the plot." Todd Gilchrist, Boxoffice Magazine
"For the most part, it manages to balance laughs, genuinely rousing moments, and a fully packed agenda into something fleet enough to keep running under the weight of its rich ambitions." Tasha Robinson, The A.V. Club