Nice Old-Fashioned Hero Meets Goofy Sci-Fi Villain

Rating: 7/10 (26 December 2011)

This had both a "classic era" and a "modern-day adventure feel to it.
It was a throw-back adventure story in the sense that the hero is a totally likable, patriotic guy and there is no profanity in the movie. It was similar to most of today's movies in that it added sci-fi, occult-type stuff to the WWII story and had overdone action scenes. Thus, overall it was okay.....entertaining but could have been better with a few more lulls and less sensational material, particularly in the second half of the movie when things get carried away. The first half is intriguing and well done.
Chris Evans as "Steve Rogers/Captain America" was good and a convincing average-guy type hero. The villain "Red Skull" (Hugo Weaver) was ludicrous and very unconvincing.
The two halves balance out to a film worth a rental, but not a purchase. Had it been more of WWII story than another of these goofy mysticism action flicks, it could have been better.