The movie, if you can call it that with its meager 65min runtime, opens with Captain America dropping out of the sky to help the Allied troops in 1945. Hitler is dead, but the Nazis are launching one last strike -- a nuclear super-weapon aimed straight for American soil. "Wait a second," you're thinking. "Where did the Nazis get nuclear capability?" Where else? From aliens.
Yes, that's right. Captain America is kicking Nazi alien ass and we're only 5mins in. He stops the attack, but his body is flung into the ocean (somehow, even though the castle the missile launched out of was very much in-land) and he's frozen in the briny deep for 60 years. Thawed out in 2005, his presence is needed to save the Earth once more. Nick Fury, leader of S.H.I.E.L.D., needs Cap to lead a team of superheroes to stop the aliens once and for all. What exactly the aliens had been doing for 60 years, the movie makes no mention of. They're just back, and out to get capitalists once and for all. The team, titled Project Avenger, is compiled of Cap, Fury, Black Widow, Bruce Banner/Hulk, Iron Man, Thor, Giant Man and Wasp. They meet and the social hierarchy is set. What follows is half an hour of nonsense action sequences.
Now you're probably wondering why I would watch this. As Marvel's first animated film, I was curious to see what they would pull off. I've also read a few issues of The Ultimates (the basis of the film), and thought it to be a pretty sweet book. Keep in mind I have a very low quality-standard when it comes to superhero movies -- I enjoyed both Daredevil and Hulk, two films that everyone else seems to hate. That said, let me get down to business: Flat out, this "movie" sucks. It's too violent and over-sexed for kids, and too mind-numbingly stupid for adults. I couldn't really tell you why anything happens, it just does, and at times it's so ridiculous, I laughed out loud.
FINAL SCORE: 3.0 = F
The one saving grace is, the animation is top notch. There are times when some clunky computer-generated sequences get in the way of the hand-drawn stuff, but for the most part, this is a good looking flick. It just lacks any semblance of a workable script. I don't even recommend it to die-hard comic fans; it just sucks, plain and simple. Here's hoping they take more time with the sequel.
Yes, that's right. Captain America is kicking Nazi alien ass and we're only 5mins in. He stops the attack, but his body is flung into the ocean (somehow, even though the castle the missile launched out of was very much in-land) and he's frozen in the briny deep for 60 years. Thawed out in 2005, his presence is needed to save the Earth once more. Nick Fury, leader of S.H.I.E.L.D., needs Cap to lead a team of superheroes to stop the aliens once and for all. What exactly the aliens had been doing for 60 years, the movie makes no mention of. They're just back, and out to get capitalists once and for all. The team, titled Project Avenger, is compiled of Cap, Fury, Black Widow, Bruce Banner/Hulk, Iron Man, Thor, Giant Man and Wasp. They meet and the social hierarchy is set. What follows is half an hour of nonsense action sequences.
Now you're probably wondering why I would watch this. As Marvel's first animated film, I was curious to see what they would pull off. I've also read a few issues of The Ultimates (the basis of the film), and thought it to be a pretty sweet book. Keep in mind I have a very low quality-standard when it comes to superhero movies -- I enjoyed both Daredevil and Hulk, two films that everyone else seems to hate. That said, let me get down to business: Flat out, this "movie" sucks. It's too violent and over-sexed for kids, and too mind-numbingly stupid for adults. I couldn't really tell you why anything happens, it just does, and at times it's so ridiculous, I laughed out loud.
FINAL SCORE: 3.0 = F
The one saving grace is, the animation is top notch. There are times when some clunky computer-generated sequences get in the way of the hand-drawn stuff, but for the most part, this is a good looking flick. It just lacks any semblance of a workable script. I don't even recommend it to die-hard comic fans; it just sucks, plain and simple. Here's hoping they take more time with the sequel.