"There are always more workers."

Rating: 6/10 (4 January 2012)

C +
Oh boy, Captain America. No, not Peter Fonda from Dennis Hopper's "Easy Rider" but the patriotic mascot of Marvel. Yes, in the wake of the big super hero project "The Avengers" there's been a lot of hype concerning Marvel in general, not to mention an upsurge in the sales of toys, lunchboxes and pencil pouches. "Iron Man", even its sub-par sequel, is a pretty all-right movie, while Thor was just a god-awful mess of a movie. Its jokes were redundant, its action lacking and story pathetically cliché. "Captain America" reaches a middle ground. It is nowhere near as disappointing as Chris Hemsworth, but not quite up to par with "Iron Man".
One big detraction is the on-screen combat of the titular hero and villain. Hugo Weaving is a great Redskull, very spot on, but he doesn't get to do too much. The final physical battle is a decent one, but that's all it is, decent. I enjoy the build-up to our hero's genesis, but its middle is annoying. We are shown an overly-long war bond selling montage, then we go more into his actual enlistment as a soldier, and then we break into a motorcycle flying out of an exploding warehouse. We see an action montage of various battles and I assume Hydra's various factories being blown up. Much of the cast was enjoyable and the majority of the movie prevails to be nowhere near as corny as the Norse thunder god-Natalie Portman love story.
It's over all a decent hero flick, but nowhere near a highlight of the genre.