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.
Kudos, then, to the creators of Captain America's big-screen blockbuster for keeping the action rooted in the past; except for some brief present-day bookends.
– David Fear,
Time Out New York,
22 Jul 2011
fresh:
The movie looks wonderful.
– David Edelstein,
New York Magazine/Vulture,
22 Jul 2011
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Comic book fans are likely to appreciate Captain America, which does a good job of consolidating the disparate origin aspects of the character into something easily digestible.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
22 Jul 2011
fresh:
Pacy and punchy, but not quite a knockout.
– Tom Huddleston,
Time Out,
27 Jul 2011
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It doesn't try too hard for irony or style; the comic-book sensibility remains pure, square, and happily stupid.