Captain America has a very retro feel, not old fashioned, just retro. It evokes 1940s wartime really well. I loved the dirigibles in the London skies and the slightly muted colours and the deliciously demonic evil Red Skull who is too evil even for the Nazis.
Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) is unfit for duty for the Army. He desperately wants to fight for his country. Dr Abraham Erskine (Stanley Tucci) sees something more in him and Steve becomes a guinea pig in Project Rebirth which enables Steve to use his maximum human potential. It basically means that the good in you is magnified and the inverse is equally true.
What then follows is good guys fighting bad guys and a very interesting ending. You get all the usual suspects, and the continuity is great. I love the way Samuel L Jackson keeps turning up in cameos, cannot wait until The Avengers next year.
It was a very authentic adaptation, but it didn't emotionally engage me at all. I'm not a Captain America fan, but my 13 year old son seemed to like it well enough (his favourite is still Thor).
Please stay until after the end credits as you get another teaser for The Avengers featuring Nick Fury, Thor, Howard Stark, Hawkeye and Black Widow.
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