Film fans are getting excited about the imminent release of one of this summer's blockbuster action movies, 'Captain America: The New Avenger'. The film, which is due to be released in the UK at the end of July, charts the early days and rise of Captain America himself and is of course based on the Marvel Comics character from World War II. A brave young soldier named Steve Rogers volunteers to undergo a series of dubious sounding experiments for a US army Super Soldier program (why are so many dubious experiments carried out by the US army in films?). They succeed in transforming Steve into a super powerful human weapon, but then the army decides to drop the program. Instead they decide to use him as a 'celebrity' and parade him across Europe to boost morale by performing in shows for American troops. Then, when an evil Nazi plot rears its ugly head, Rogers is called up to help to save his country, and in turn becomes our eponymous hero, 'Captain America'. It's a good old fashioned story about the age old themes of good and evil. The main part of Captain America is being played by Chris Evans (not the radio 2 DJ!), and he is supported by an excellent cast that includes Hugo Weaving, Tommy Lee Jones and Samuel L Jackson.

There's no dount that more and more people will become inspired to dress up now as Captain America, and it certainly helps that it's such a cool look! At All Fancy Dress we stock the officially licensed mens Captain America Costume. And if you're looking for something a little bit whackier then why not take a look at the Inflatable Captain America Costume. You can save the world AND make people laugh at the same time!