It is 1954, and anti-communist hysteria grips the United States. Any masked vigilante who doesn't reveal their identity and sign an oath of allegiance is treated as a criminal. Those who do comply may find themselves pressed into military service.
None of this is likely to matter for very much longer, though, because humanity has attracted the attention of an ancient intelligence known as "the Centre". This creature was born millions of years ago, and retreated beneath the planet's surface to survive the meteor that devastated the dinosaurs. The discovery of nuclear weapons has convinced the Centre that it is time to destroy the evolved apes that crawl across the planet's surface.
Sounds like a job for those much-suspected masked vigilantes.
I wasn't a huge fan of the comic book miniseries on which this film is based. It was okay, but ultimately I found the pace a bit slow and the adversary, when it finally emerged from off screen, a bit underwhelming. The screen adaptation has both strengths and weaknesses compared to the source material. On the plus side, the pacing is much more brisk; on the negative, it has a lot of characters, probably too many for its slim run time. The storylines for each are thus rather abbreviated and (as is often the case in superhero comics) tend to rely on the audience's pre-existing knowledge of the cast.
The villain remains rather underwhelming, too.
So is it worth seeing? If you're a fan of superheroes and don't care if they're live action or animated, then I'd say yes. I don't think it's going to make a convert of you if you're not already a fan of the genre, though.
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