Captain America (1990)

User Rating:

2.7/10   

Director:

Albert Pyun

Writers (WGA):

Joe Simon (characters) and
Jack Kirby (characters) ...

Release Date:

14 December 1990 (UK)

Genre:

Action | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Frozen in the ice for decades, Captain America is freed to battle against arch-criminal, The Red Skull.

Plot Keywords:

Super Villain | Super Soldier | Masked Man | Female Scientist | Mask

Cast

Matt Salinger	...	Capt. America / Steve Rogers
Ronny Cox	...	President Tom Kimball
Scott Paulin	...	The Red Skull / Tadzio de Santis
Ned Beatty	...	Sam Kolawetz
Darren McGavin	...	Gen. Fleming
Michael Nouri	...	Lt. Col. Louis
Kim Gillingham	...	Bernice Stewart / Sharon
Melinda Dillon	...	Mrs. Rogers
Bill Mumy	...	Young Gen. Fleming
Francesca Neri	...	Valentina de Santis
Carla Cassola	...	Dr. Maria Vaselli
Massimilio Massimi	...	Tadzio de Santis
Wayde Preston	...	Jack
Norbert Weisser	...	Alaskan surveyor
Garette Ratliff Henson	...	Young Tom Kimball

Runtime:

97 min

Country:

USA | Yugoslavia

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Germany:12 | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Croatia

Company:

21st Century Film Corporation

Trivia:

Before this movie was introduced, Marvel Comics head honcho Stan Lee insisted that it was good. He wrote, "Director Albert Pyun did it so well and so excitingly that everyone in the audience [at the screening] kept clamoring for more," to account for the film being scheduled for a re-shoot.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In the Nazi stronghold, Captain America prepares to throw his shield at the searchlight. The light operator, fearing the worst, ducks down out of view. When the shield knocks over the tower, there is no sign of the guard, giving away the fact that the collapsing tower is just a miniature.

Quotes:

Dr. Maria Vaselli: Because of you i have the chance to make a wrong thing right. I thank you for that.

Movie Connections:

References 36 Hours (1965)

Soundtrack:

Memories of You

Captain America falls flat.

I am like the other reviewer who saw the poster of this in a theater, oddly enough I think I was there to see Batman Returns. The poster was a picture of his shield and I said that might be cool, but alas this movie would never make it to the big screen. The problem is they apparently ran out of money after the first scene. Captain America goes after the Red Skull beating up Nazi soldiers then totally gets beaten up by the skull that doesn't look like a skull, but it is still creepy. Cap gets tied to a rocket which is launched at the White House then he diverts it to Alaska. After this the budget runs out and the middle is just the guy without his costume running around in modern America. The skull is still around and he now looks like a guy with a bad sunburn and he is trying to kidnap the Pres. There is a little action at the end, but it is not as good as the promising beginning. Cap does get to beat up the skull at the end too, but the guy has to be pretty old at this point so it isn't really a fair fight.

The costume is pretty good and the guy looks like Captain America, but he is kinda whiney. This film isn't very good, but a worse Marvel movie is The Punisher, they couldn't even get the costume right in that one.