Captain America: The First Avenger (Earth-11584)

Captain America: The First Avenger is a 2011 film released in the Earth-11584 continuity of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Released on July 22, 2011, the film stars Chris Evans and was directed by Joe Johnston. It is the second theatrical rendition of the character, following the widely panned 1990 film directed by Albert Pyun. It is the 6th film in Phase 1 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The film was a commercial and critical success, earning over $370 million at the worldwide box office.

Plot Summary
After a prologue the replays the events of a post-credits scene from Black Widow, the story flashes back to 1944 at the height of World War II. Steve Rogers, a man in poor health and conditioning, is continually rejected for service in the Armed Forces, lying on his medical files to try and get approved for enlistment. He is eventually approached by Dr. Abraham Erskine, who drafts Rogers into the Strategic Scientific Reserve and Project Rebirth. Despite the doubts of his commanding officer, General Chester Phillips, and SSR agent Peggy Carter, Rogers is transformed via a Super Soldier Serum into the peak of human conditioning. Unfortunately, Erskine is assassinated shortly thereafter by agents of HYDRA, a division within the German Army that has higher aspirations for conquest. Initially rejected for service and used as a propaganda tool, Rogers eventually finds himself in Europe and secretly storms a HYDRA base to rescue several soldiers, including his childhood friend James Buchanan "Bucky" Barnes. Convinced of his usefulness, Captain Rogers adopts his stage identity of Captain America and helps take the fight to HYDRA, trying to upend the forces of Johann Schmidt, AKA the Red Skull, who uses advanced weaponry to not only win the War, but to strike back at the Heart of America...

Post-Credits Scene
In a post-credits scene, we see Captain America, newly woken up, in a boxing gym trying to work off some frustration. He is approached by both SHIELD director Nick Fury and Special Agent Phil Coulson concerning a mission. It seems that a Prison Break has occured at a top security SHIELD facility, and Captain America needs to track down a missing criminal. Steve studies the file, revealing that it is Taskmaster who has escaped SHIELD custody and has attacked the Dark Energy Research Facility, summoning a villain named Loki back to Earth via the Tesseract...

Synopsis/Script
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Castlist
In addition, Clark Gregg and Samuel L. Jackson reprise their roles as Agent Phil Coulson and SHIELD director Nick Fury respectively. Titus Welliver and Tom Hiddleston also cameo as Taskmaster and Loki respectively in archival footage. Kenneth Choi, JJ Feild and Bruno Ricci play the other members of the Howling Commandos, Jim Morita, James Falsworth and Jacques Dernier respectively. Richard Armitage plays Heinz Kruger, the chief assassin for HYDRA. Stan Lee cameos as a General at an aborted medal ceremony for Captain America.
 * Chris Evans as Capt. Steve Rogers/Captain America- A US soldier elevated to superhuman physical and mental strength by way of an experimental serum. After defeating Red Skull and HYDRA, he is frozen in ice for 70 years to be revived in the modern day.
 * Hayley Atwell as Agent Peggy Carter- A British spy and Agent of the SSR who provides mission support for Captain America and his Howling Commandos.
 * Hugo Weaving as Johann Schmidt/Red Skull- A Nazi general and the head of HYDRA who plots on overthrowing Hitler and taking over the world himself. He underwent a previous version of the Super Soldier treatment, with unintended side effects.
 * Sebastian Stan as Sgt. James Buchanan "Bucky" Barnes- The best friend of Capt. Rogers and second-in-command of the Howling Commandos platoon that he leads.
 * Tommy Lee Jones as General Chester Phillips- The commanding officer of the Strategic Scientific Reserve, a task force charged with defeating the Nazi paramilitary group HYDRA.
 * Dominic Cooper as Howard Stark- The founder and owner of Stark Industries, who aides Dr. Erskine in Project Rebirth and serves as scientific advisor to the SSR. Eventual father of Tony Stark.
 * Toby Jones as Dr. Arnim Zola- A HYDRA scientist and aide-de-camp to the Red Skull
 * Stanley Tucci as Dr. Abraham Erskine- A German scientist who defected to the Allies just before World War II. The creator of the Super Soldier Serum process that transforms Steve Rogers into Captain America.
 * Neal McDonough as Timothy "Dum Dum" Dugan- A British member of the Howling Commandos Platoon.
 * Derek Luke as Gabriel "Gabe" Fury- An American member of the Howling Commandos Platoon. Also the grandfather of modern day SHIELD director Nick Fury.

Critical Reception
The film received strong reviews upon release, with review aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes rating the film at 79% with an average score of 7/10 based on 253 reviews. The site's critical consensus reads ""With plenty of pulpy action, a pleasantly retro vibe, and a handful of fine performances, Captain America is solidly old-fashioned blockbuster entertainment." Critics praised the 1940s setting of the film, as well as Johnston's direction and the performances from the cast, while criticizing the by-the-numbers plotline and the tacked-on set up to The Avengers film.

Box Office
The film performed well on its opening weekend, earning $65.1 million in North America and becoming the second highest opening weekend for a super hero film in 2011 (just behind Thor). The film would eventually gross $176.6 million at the domestic box office, en route to a worldwide total of $370.6 million.