There's no doubt that after donning the stars and stripes as Steve Rogers, aka Captain America, Chris Evans' career skyrocketed to an even higher level than before, leading to some of his best work . Before that, he was moving at a decent pace, which included time in the Marvel Universe taking on the role of Johnny Storm, aka The Human Torch, in the early 2000s "Fantastic Four" movies. Coincidentally, just as Robert Downey Jr. was suiting up in his Iron Man armor for the first time in 2008, Evans was joining a crime thriller packed with star talent, including Keanu Reeves, Forest Whitaker, Hugh Laurie, and directed by David Ayer.
With cinemagoers still hungry for Ayer's insight into life in Los Angeles after the groundbreaking thriller "Training Day," the hope was that he would deliver