The one who never gives up awakens.
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.
Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) is a action, adventure and science fiction film directed by Joe Johnston, released on July 22, 2011 with a runtime of 2h 4m. It stars Chris Evans, Hayley Atwell, Sebastian Stan and Tommy Lee Jones. Viewers rate it 7.0 out of 10 across 23,200 ratings.
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Chris Evans
as Captain America / Steve Rogers
Hayley Atwell
as Peggy Carter
Sebastian Stan
as James Buchanan 'Bucky' Barnes
Tommy Lee Jones
as Colonel Chester Phillips
Hugo Weaving
as Johann Schmidt / Red Skull
Dominic Cooper
as Howard Stark
Richard Armitage
as Heinz Kruger
Stanley Tucci
as Dr. Abraham Erskine
Samuel L. Jackson
as Nick Fury
Toby Jones
as Dr. Arnim Zola
Neal McDonough
as Timothy 'Dum Dum' Dugan
Derek Luke
as Gabe Jones
Directed by Joe Johnston, written by Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely and Joe Simon, produced by Kevin Feige.
Average viewer score of 7.0/10 from 23,200 ratings.
True to "Captain America," this is the modern (comic book) version of the All American movie. Good guys versus bad guys without a lot of ambiguity. _**NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT**_. This movie is pretty much perfection for the genre. Entertaining A to Z story with high-end Hollywood professional movie making throughout.
Reviewed on June 5, 2012
**This is a long form review initially published in 2011:** Though it ran at over two hours, I did feel that it had plenty of room to go further than it did. I honestly felt like Red Skull could have had a film all to himself, and actually kind of suffered for making him as intriguing as he was. Chris Evans was an interesting choice as the titular role of Captain America, given that he's already played American…
Reviewed on June 4, 2018
PLOT Steve Rogers, a scrawny young man, wants to enlist in the US Army and go overseas to fight in WWII. But his size and health means his attempts at enlistment always end the same way -- a 4F rating. Until a scientist sees him and recruits him to try out for a special training program to create a super soldier. WHAT I LIKED The Marvel universe sticks pretty close to classic script with him being given a serum…
Reviewed on January 24, 2019
Definitely the most underrated of all the MCU films, Captain America: The First Avenger is a great war film done comic book style about a little guy making a big difference. Red Skull is one of the better villains simply because of how fantastic Hugo Weaving is. Peggy Carter is a great heroine and Hayley Atwell's performance is an absolute joy. Also, Tommy Lee Jones and Stanley Tucci light up the screen whenever…
Reviewed on March 9, 2019
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Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) is available to stream on Disney Plus, and to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube and Fandango At Home. Streaming availability is checked against JustWatch data and can change by region.
The main cast of Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) includes Chris Evans, Hayley Atwell, Sebastian Stan, Tommy Lee Jones and Hugo Weaving. The film was directed by Joe Johnston. You can see the full cast and crew list, with character names, further up this page.
Captain America: The First Avenger was released on July 22, 2011 and runs for 2h 4m.
Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) holds an average rating of 7.0 out of 10 from 23,200 viewer votes, and is a good pick if you enjoy action, adventure and science fiction films. Read the viewer reviews on this page to decide for yourself.
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