Captain America (2008 film)

Captain America is a 2008 film directed by Jon Favreau based on Captain America. It is the second film in the Ironized Marvel Cinematic Universe. It focuses on World War II soldier Steve Rogers being frozen in ice and put into suspended animation where he decides to help the secret agency S.H.I.E.L.D. fight for America against former Nazi Red Skull as well as Baron Helmut Zemo.

Originally a subject of lawsuits over which company owns the rights to the characters, soon Marvel made a deal to independently make the film and thus production began, with Favreau hired to make the film as a comedy in agreement with producer Avi Arad. David Self wrote the script and the film was released on May 2, 2008.

Captain America was chosen next because he was the leader of the Avengers, of which team's film was built up by the previous ones. Iron Man was also leader of the team and thus his film was made next, titled ''Iron Man: Prototype. ''

Captain America was met with mixed reviews, ones with positive and ones with negative thoughts due to the comedic outline of the film. It was also controversial over the comedy mixed with the American war-themes of the movie.

While the supporting characters are only in the opening flashbacks, Bucky Barnes appears in the post-credits where Hydra, the villains of the film, are seen brainwashing him into becoming the Winter Soldier, teasing the sequel, titled Captain America: The Winter Soldier, was released in 2013.

There was also a third film, titled ''Captain America: Serpent Society. ''

Cast

 * TBA as Steve Rogers/Captain America
 * Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury: The director of S.H.I.E.L.D. Jackson was the inspiration for the character in the Ultimate character universe, and was cast to please fans. Jackson was described in the film as "someone who is unsure if he can trust this Captain America guy. He isn't sure if this is true and decides to do so because the agents want him to. He is reluctant because he is unsure since he lost his eye. Through the film, he becomes more trusting of Cap, and soon becomes one of his greatest friends from the present. Or rather, S.H.I.E.L.D. is now his greatest friend".
 * Will Ferrell as Baron Helmut Zemo: The son of Heinrich Zemo the previous Baron who wants revenge on Captain America for killing his father. Favreau, who previously worked with Ferrell in the movie Elf, cast him in the role due to Ferrell's history in being in comedy films, saying "Ferrell feels like the guy you'd want to cast if you're making a comedy".

Plot
The film begins with the sun rising as a helicopter is picking up a cube of ice with what appears to be a human body inside of it. While the opening credits play, the chopper flies off after successfully picking up the body and taking it in.

It then cuts to S.H.I.E.L.D. where agent Maria Hill arrives and approaches director Nick Fury. Hill tells him that they've picked up the body of Captain Steve Rogers, a World War II veteran known as "Captain America" who ended up in suspended animation following a crash into the water from his plane. Fury says he doesn't know who that is, and Hill tells him to check the S.H.I.E.L.D. as it has data on him.

Fury arrives to his mainframe where he finds Rogers' file and begins reading while his agents are seen putting the ice on a place with a lamp on top as they begin to thaw Captain America from the ice. Fury then reads that Steve was born in 1920, and continues to read as it cuts to some flashbacks.

It shows the Lower East Side, where it shows baby Steve in his crib while his parents Joseph and Sarah Rogers are preparing for the day. Steve begins crying while Sarah begins working quickly. Joseph tells her to be a little bit more faster, and Sarah says that in a poor family it is not so easy. Joseph goes downstairs and back up, where he says that this is terrible. Sarah complains thinking that he is about the cooking again until Joseph said that on the news some not-so-serious event happened and lifts the newspaper he had received. Sarah wonders why he thinks about this more serious than his job as a soldier before Joseph is called into action. He arrives there and returns almost unharmed.

However, it cuts to six years later, when Steve is six years old. As he eats, Sarah says that Steve's father should be here by now. However, as he is called downstairs by a man, he reports to her something about Joseph, with Sarah returning and crying broken down. Steve walks up to her and asks what happened, and she (pausingly from tears) tells that Joseph was killed in action from his latest battle. Steve asks what they should do, then Sarah holds her son's small hand and tells that hopefully he will become a soldier like his father to fight against the forces of evil in the war. It then shows Steve going to school, junior high, and then high school.

As a teenager, Steve visits his home to see his mother again as she cries out his name in pain. He runs to her bedroom where she is seen coughing. He asks what's wrong and Sarah negatively that it's the end of her journey. Steve holds her hand, while she coughs again before passing out and dying. Steve cries before he tells that he promises to enlist in the military to avenge them both.