VideoHound says: 2 ½ Bones
An old-fashioned action/adventure film dressed up like a modern-day superhero movie that primarily serves as a prologue for first Avengers film and just barely stands on its own without that context. The Marvel Comics icon Captain America (Chris Evans) is finally given an origin story of his own as Steve Rogers transforms from skinny wannabe to super soldier. Comic book movie regular Evans (Fantastic Four [2005], Scott Pilgrim vs. the World [2010], and The Losers [2010]) is charismatic enough and the piece is well-paced but a bit too retro in tone to avoid being dull. Moderately entertaining yet ultimately not memorable.