Captain America: The First Avenger Review

Captain America: The First Avenger

Release Date: 28th July 2011 - Australia

Production Companies
Paramount Pictures (presents)
Marvel Entertainment (presents)
Marvel Studios

Genre: Action

Rating: M

Runtime: 124 minutes


Budget: $140,000,000

Box Office Gross: $370,569,774 (Worldwide)

 

Plot Summary
Steve Rogers suffered medical problems all his life that kept getting him rejected from military service in World War II. As a result, Steve becomes a willing participant in a top-secret experiment that gives him enhanced abilities of speed and strength and turns him into the patriotic superhero Captain America.

Cast
Chris Evans - Steve Rogers/Captain America

Hayley Atwell - Peggy Carter
Hugo Weaving - Johann
Schmidt/Red Skull
Sebastian Stan - Sgt.

James "Bucky" Barnes

Tommy Lee Jones - Col.
Chester Phillips
Dominic Cooper - Howard Stark
Neal McDonough - Timothy
"Dum Dum" Dugan
Derek Luke - Gabe Jones
Stanley Tucci - Dr. Abraham
Erskine
Kenneth Choi - Jim Morita
Bruno Ricci - Jacques Dernier
J.J. Feild - James Montgomery
Falsworth
Richard Armitage - Heinz Kruger
Lex Shrapnel - Gilmore Hodge
Michael Brandon - Senator Brandt
Natalie Dormer - Pvt. Lorraine
Jenna Coleman - Connie
Sophie Colquhoun - Bonnie
Anatole Taubman - Roeder
Jan Pohl - Hutter
Erich Redman - Schneider
Samuel L. Jackson - Nick Fury

David Bradley - Church Keeper

Laura Haddock - Autograph Seeker
Stan Lee - General (Cameo)

(Uncredited)

Crew

Executive Producer/Director -
Joe Johnston
Based on the Marvel Comics -

Joe Simon and Jack Kirby
Screenplay - Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely

Associate Producer/

First Assistant Director - Richard Whelan
Executive Producers - Alan
Fine, Nigel Gostelow, Stan Lee and David Maisel
Executive Producer/Unit Production Manager - Louis D'Esposito
Producers - Kevin Feige and Amir Madani

Co-Producers - Victoria Alonso

and Stephen Broussard

Casting Directors - Sarah Finn,

Randi Hiller and Priscilla John

Military Advisor - Billy Budd
Production Designer - Rick Heinrichs

Visual Development Supervisor/Suit

Developer: Captain America - Ryan Meinerding

Visual Development Supervisor - Charlie Wen

Concept/Visual Development Illustrator - Andy Park

Concept Artists - Dan Walker, Paul Catling,

Andrew Williamson and Adam Brockbank

Supervising Art Directors - John Dexter,
Chris Lowe and Andy Nicholson

Art Directors - Dean Clegg, Phil Harvey,

Paul Kirby, Jason Knox-Johnston and Phil Sims
Lead Vehicle Designer - Daniel Simon
Set Decorator - John Bush

Property Master - Barry Gibbs
Costume Designer - Anna B. Sheppard

Costume Special Effects Supervisor -

Graham Churchyard

Hair and Makeup Designer - Lisa Westcott

Prosthetics Designer - David White
Director of Photography - Shelly Johnson

"A" Camera Operator - Des Whelan

Camera Operators: Second Unit - Peter Field

and Tim Wooster

Chief Pilot: Second Unit - Marc Wolff

Production Managers - Sam Breckman,

Suzie F. Wiesmann and Brian West (Uncredited)

Unit Production Manager - Stratton Leopold

First Assistant Director: Second Unit -

Terry Madden

Supervising Location Manager - Emma Pill

Location Managers - Tom Crooke and Ali James

and Jason Roberts

Location Unit Manager - Duncan Broadfoot

Second Assistant Director - Samar Pollitt

Second Unit Director/Director of Photography

(Uncredited) - Jonathan Taylor

Aerial Coordinator: Second Unit -

Mike Woodley

Stunt Coordinator - Steve Dent

Additional Stunt Coordinator - Rob Inch

Fight Coordinator - C.C. Smiff

Fight Coordinator: Los Angeles - Marcus Young

Diving Safety Supervisor - Dave Shaw

Special Effects Supervisor - Paul Corbould

Senior Special Effects Floor Supervisor -

Ian Corbould
Visual Effects Supervisor - Christopher Townsend

Visual Effects Supervisors: Look VFX -

Anthony 'Max' Ivins and Dan Schrecker

Visual Effects Supervisor: Fuel VFX -

Dave Morley

Visual Effects Supervisor: Double Negative -

Charlie Noble

Visual Effects Supervisor: Lola VFX -

Edson Williams

Visual Effects Supervisor: Framestore -

Jonathan Fawkner

Visual Effects Supervisor/Producer: Whiskytree -

Jonathan Harb
Additional Visual Effects Supervisors -

Stephane Ceretti and Kathy Siegel

Visual Effects Producer: Look FX -

Melinka Thompson-Godoy

CG Supervisors - Thomas Baber and Douglas Bloom

3D Supervisor: Double Negative - Pete Bebb

2D Supervisor: Double Negative - Andrew Lockley

CG Sequence Supervisors: Double Negative -

James Benson, Vanessa Gratton, Phil Johnson,

Maxx Wai In Leong, Dan Neal, Alison Wortman,

Jordan Kirk and Rebecca Waters

2D Technical Supervisor: Lola VFX - Greg Strause

3D Technical Supervisor: Lola VFX - Colin Strause

Rigging: Framestore - Laurie Brugger and Nico Scapel

Compositing Sequence Supervisors: Double

Negative - Astrid Busser-Casas,

Michael Bruce Ellis, Pete Jopling,

George Zwier, Graham Page, Gruff Owen,

Iain Simpson, Milos Milosevic, Scott Pritchard,

Kim Jobin and Trevor Young

Editors - Robert Dalva and Jeffrey Ford

Additional Editors - Michael McCusker

and Peter Elliot

Supervising Sound Editor - Howell Gibbens

Sound Designers - Stephen Hunter Flick,

Jason W. Jennings, Shannon Mills and

Daniel Pagan

Sound Effects Editors - David Barnaby,

Jon Johnson, Suhail Kafity and Albert Gasser

Re-Recording Mixers - Scott Millan

and David Parker

Additional Re-Recording Mixers - Beau Borders

and Gary C. Bourgeois
Music - Alan Silvestri

Music Supervisor - Dave Jordan

Supervising Music Editor - Joe E. Rand

Music/Producer: "Star Spangled Man" -

Alan Menken

Lyrics: "Star Spangled Man" - David Zippel

Review

CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER was a brilliant film loaded with action-packed excitement for fans of the Marvel comic books. The movie takes place in World War II, which gives a distinctive retro feel. All of this was director Joe Johnston's doing since he has previously helmed another superhero movie, The Rocketeer, set in a similar era. Johnston has cleverly concocted a storyline that mixes the right ingredients of old-school action and adventure.

The 3D aspect of this film complimented the visual effects of the movie. The acting performances were outstanding, especially Chris Evans, who endured arduous physical training for Captain America. Hugo Weaving and Hayley Atwell have also done well in their roles.

It is a privilege to see a superhero feature so finely crafted. If anyone is a fan of Marvel and superhero movies, this movie is worth watching and for you to comment on my review site.

Star rating: (4/5) Good Movie

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