A story of valour and courage, movie ‘Captain America’ tell the story of a young man who after being deemed unfit for military service, volunteers for a top secret research project that turns him into a superhero dedicated to defending America's ideals.
Based on the Marvel Comics character from the World War II, director Joe Johnston’s movie now being screened at Liberty cinema Colombo.
Starring Chris Evans, Hugo Weaving and Samuel L. Jackson, the movie narrates the story of a mild-mannered young soldier Steve Rogers who volunteers for a special Super Soldier programme for the US Army.
Donning the colours of Old Glory, Captain America leaped into the hearts and souls of every American bringing hope and justice to a war-weary nation.
It is 1942, America has entered World War II, and sickly but determined Steve Rogers is frustrated at being rejected yet again for military service. Everything changes when Dr. Erksine recruits him for the secret Project Rebirth. Proving his extraordinary courage, wits and conscience, Rogers undergoes the experiment and his weak body is suddenly enhanced into the maximum human potential.
When Dr. Erksine is then immediately assassinated by an agent of Nazi Germany's head of its secret HYDRA research department, Johann Schmidt aka the Red Skull, Rogers is left as a unique man who is initially misused as a propaganda mascot. However, when his comrades need him, Rogers goes on a successful adventure that truly makes him Captain America and his war against Schmidt begins. |
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