I wish Joe Johnston wasn't the director for this film, as it's just dull and paint-by-numbers movie-making. Chris Evans has charisma to spare, and yet he is really lifeless in this film, and I blame Johnston's direction on Evans' performance. There are no surprises, no suspense. It's just 'there'. The script is boring. There are no dramatic decisions, just automaton-like plot point after plot point as the film rolled on.
I also wish they'd use film camera instead of digital video cameras because this film set in WWII was screaming for it. As it looked with super-clean non-film look, it was just too "video-like" and looked too "current". Bad choice, but I'm sure it was cheaper shooting on digital video.
I give it 2.5 stars, or a grade of C+.
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