Old comic strips hero on a new version

Rating: 6/10 (16 August 2011)

When I was a teenager there were three super heroes of the American comic strips that where unknown in Portugal: Captain Marvel, Superman and of course Captain America. But I had the privilege of reading their stories on Brazilian juvenile magazines I used to borrow from a friend who came from Brazil and brought lots of them. Therefore to watch this movie has brought old memories to me though this version is quite different from the old ones. But sticking to the movie, this is an action movie that adds something more to the story than average action movies usually do: it has an ideology and a healthy one: antinazism. Notwithstanding that the villain here (Johann Schmidt / Red Skull) is some kind of a Nazi dissident who wants to exploit his superpowers to his own profit. The rest is the usual amount of classic brilliant computer made special visual effects, the thrilling action and the no less usual suspense clichés. The ending is a open one and a bit confusing or not fully explained. Any way if you go to see this movie you will spend a couple of hours amused and entertained.