Marvel's Captain America: Man out of Time (Unlimited)

Captain America is a 2008 film, produced by Marvel Studios, and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film was directed by Joe Johnston, with the screenplay done by Cristopher Markus & Stephen McFreely. It is the second film in phase 1, after the Incredible Iron Man.

The film is based off of the Captain America comics, most notably Earth-616, Earth-1610, and Earth-1999.

Cast
Sameuel L. Jackson makes another appearance reprising Nick Fury. Many other actors appear in minor roles throughout the movie, such as Timothy Dugan.
 * Chris Evans as Steve Rogers/Captain America
 * Hayley Atwell as Peggy Carter
 * Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes
 * Tommy Lee Jones as Chester Phillips
 * Mark Hamill as Johann Schmidt/Red Skull
 * Dominic Cooper as Howard Stark
 * Stanley Tucci as Abraham Erskine or Dr. Erskine

Plot
In the present day, a group of SHIELD scientists along with Nick Fury are in the Arctic and find an old and frozen aircraft, opening it to find a frozen man in an American-themed costume.

It's March 1942, and Johann Schmidt and his men steal a mysterious artifact called the Cosmic Cube from Tønsberg in the German occupied country of Norway.

In New York City, Steve Rogers is rejected for enrollment in the World War II military due to his health and physical issues. He talks with his friend Sergeant James "Bucky" Barnes about his rejectment when Sergeant Dugan overhears his conversation with him. Roger tries to enlist and Dugan enlists him into the Strategic Scientific Reserve for a project called Operation: Rebirth, underneath the eyes of Dr. Erksine, Chester Phillips, and British agent Peggy Carter. Phillips is unconvinced that Rogers is the best person for the experiment until he sees Rogers defend him from a Nazi spy. In the morning, before Roger's procedure, he's told by Peggy Carter about Johann Schmidt who had undergone the super-soldier serum but it was imperfect and he suffered side effects as a result that were permanent. She reassures Rogers, who thanks her.

Schmidt and Dr. Arnim Zola are harnessing the energy of the Cosmic Cube, trying to use it to power up Zola's invention which will create an attack on the world. The Nazi spy returns, and is killed by Schmidt who then assigns another spy to kill Rogers and Eskrine, Heinz Kruger. A serum is injected into Rogers' arm by Eskrine, dosing him with "vita-rays". Rogers emerges from the experiment much taller and muscular than before, as Heinz Kruger attacks Eskrine and kills him.

Rogers tracks down Kruger and pins him down, but Kruger kills himself with a cyanide grenade which Rogers barely escapes from. US Senator Brandt has Rogers tour the United States due to the loss of Eskrine and the super-soldier formula gone now. Rogers is given a new identity, called Captain America, and sports a new costume showing off the colorful US colors.

A few months pass as Rogers is broken the news to that Bucky and his unit were missing in action in combat against Schmidt's forces. In denial, Rogers assembles a group including Peggy Carter and engineer Howard Stark to take him to Schmidt's fortress. He decides to pull a solo mission and Stark gives him a vibranium shield to succeed, but Peggy follows him to help out and they both infiltrate Schmidt's Nazi division: Hydra. Hydra soldiers attack both Rogers and Peggy and they both fight their way through to free Bucky and his unit. Rogers finds Schmidt and tries to attack him but Schmidt escapes after revealing his red skull, dubbing himself "Red Skull".

Rogers recruits Bucky, Peggy, Dugan, Gabe Jones, Jim Morita, James Falsworth, and Jacques Dernier to attack other Hydra bases. Everyone splits up, Rogers, Bucky, and Peggy in a group. They hijack a train containing Zola, and Rogers and Bucky climb up onto the top of the train to fight Zola while Peggy deals with a group of soldiers. Rogers captures Zola, but Zola pushes Bucky off of the speeding train as Bucky tries to hold onto the window panel with his left hand. Zola steps on it as Bucky plummets to his death.

Rogers is shown grieving for his partner's death, as Peggy tries to comfort him. He tells Peggy that Zola gave him the location of Hydra's last base, and plans on destroying it along with Red Skull. Rogers, Peggy, and Dugan locate the final base and Rogers climbs aboard onto Red Skull's aircraft where he's planning on using weapons of mass destruction. Rogers and Red Skull fight each other, and the Cosmic Cube is tossed into the air before there's a blinding light. Rogers starts to fly the airship as the Cosmic Cube burns through the plane, causing it to crash into the Arctic. Stark finds the Cosmic Cube in the ocean, and Rogers is presumed dead as Peggy is seen crying.

Steve Rogers awakens in a hospital bed, and gets out of the room only to find himself in SHIELD helicarrier. Nick Fury approaches him, telling him that he's no longer in 1943. He's then requested to join the Avengers Initiative.

Post-Credits Scene
Red Skull awakens, and is approached by AIM leader, Modok who arranges a deal for both AIM and Hydra to affiliate with each other. Red Skull smirks at Modok.

Box Office
Captain America earned 314.5$ million in North America and 247.6$ million in other parts of the world, earning a worldwide gross of 562.1$ million.

Critical Response
Rotten Tomatoes had given Captain America a 91% approval rating with a 7.7/10 based on 267 reviews. The website's consesus reads, "Captain America is an amazing movie worth watching, giving a fresh retelling of his origins."

There were many positive to mediocre reviews, though most of the flaws of the movie were its lack of second act. IGN said, "The movie's first act is fantastic, and the third act is emotionally deep. The second act doesn't exist, there's nothing bridging the first and third act."

Captain America 2
Joe Johnston expressed interest in making a sequel to Captain America, either about Bucky Barnes or Captain America trying to fit into the "modern world" as he knows it.

Trivia

 * The movie is almost identical to Captain America: The First Avenger, but puts a focus on Captain America, Bucky, and Peggy's relationship with each other.
 * The Cosmic Cube replaces the Terresect, to align with the comics.
 * Mark Hamill playing Red Skull is based off of his many performances as the character in the animated show (and games based off of it), The Superhero Squad Show.
 * Hugo Weaving not keeping the role is the first role change in Marvel Unlimited. This is due to the actor's dislike in sequels.