With Erskine dead and his super-soldier formula lost, U.S. Rogers pursues and captures Kruger, but the assassin commits suicide by cyanide capsule before he can be interrogated. After Rogers emerges from the experiment taller and more muscular, one of the attendees kills Erskine, revealing himself to be Schmidt's assassin, Heinz Kruger. In America, Erskine subjects Rogers to the super-soldier treatment, injecting him with a special serum and dosing him with "vita-rays". Schmidt discovered Erskine's location and dispatches an assassin to kill him. Arnim Zola successfully harness the energies of the Tesseract, intending to use the power to fuel Zola's inventions, mounting an offensive that will change the world. The night before the treatment, Erskine reveals to Rogers that Schmidt underwent an imperfect version of the procedure and suffered permanent side-effects.īack in Europe, Schmidt and Dr. Phillips is unconvinced by Erskine's claims that Rogers is the right person for the procedure, but relents after seeing Rogers commit an act of self-sacrificing bravery. Chester Phillips, and British agent Peggy Carter. He is recruited in the Scientific Strategic Reserve as part of a "super-soldier" experiment under Erskine, Col. Overhearing Rogers' conversation with Barnes about wanting to help in the war, Dr. James "Bucky" Barnes, Rogers again attempts to enlist. While attending an exhibition of future technologies with his friend Sgt. Meanwhile, in New York City, Steve Rogers is rejected for World War II military recruitment because of various health and physical problems. In March 1942, Nazi officer Johann Schmidt and his men enter the town of Tønsberg in German occupied Norway, to steal a mysterious device called the Tesseract which possesses untold powers. In the present day, scientists in the Arctic uncover a frozen circular object with a red, white and blue motif.
A sequel titled Captain America: The Winter Soldier is set for release in 2014. The Blu-ray and DVD were released on October 25, 2011. The film became a critical and commercial success, grossing a total of $370 million worldwide.
Rogers must stop the Red Skull, Adolf Hitler's ruthless head of weaponry and the leader of an organization that intends to use an artifact called the "Tesseract" as an energy-source for world domination.Ĭaptain America: The First Avenger premiered in Hollywood on July 19, 2011, and was released in the United States on July 22, 2011. Set predominantly during World War II, the film tells the story of Steve Rogers, a sickly man from Brooklyn who is transformed into super-soldier Captain America to aid in the war effort. The film was directed by Joe Johnston, written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, and stars Chris Evans, Tommy Lee Jones, Hugo Weaving, Hayley Atwell, Sebastian Stan, Dominic Cooper, Neal McDonough, Derek Luke, and Stanley Tucci. It is the fifth installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Ĭaptain America: The First Avenger is a 2011 American film based on the Marvel Comics Captain America, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Paramount Pictures. Paramount Pictures In July 2013, the film's distribution rights were transferred from Paramount Pictures to The Walt Disney Studios.