Only one problem.

Rating: Null/10 (7 August 2011)

This film had everything needed to be an 8 or a 9 out of 10.
-Except for one big, whopping oversight. . .
Too much story crammed into too little film.
To be fair, the first third of the film set a reasonably good pace, right up to the point where Captain America donned the round shield. But after this point, it launched into over-drive, becoming rushed, clipped and abridged.
Instead of taking the time to build up tension, to plan and plot and then execute attacks on enemy strongholds, move and counter-move like any decent war movie, we instead got a montage, (a montage!), of victory after victory. Huh? How were we supposed to care about any of the characters? How are we supposed to boo the villain? We barely had time to get to know them, or to see their struggles, victories and setbacks. Instead we got one flashy punch, one explosion and ray-gun beam after another. All style, no substance. And after a promising beginning, this was a real shame.
There was enough material here to fill two or maybe even three films. Instead we got the Cliff Notes version.
What a waste.