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Captain America

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I always liked this movie. It was Marvel's answer to Tim Burton's big budget Batman. Although it received a European release, it was shelved in the U.S. until 1992. I thought it was a good low budget attempt to bring the Joe Simon-Jack Kirby comic book character to life. I can remember seeing the movie poster for it at the theater and being excited, "Captain America: Coming in 1990". This movie has a great cast: Matt Salinger, Scott Paulin, Ronny Cox, Ned Beatty, Darren McGavin, Carla Cassola, Melinda Dillion, Michael Nouri, Kim Gillingham Francesca Neri and Billy Mumy. It was directed by Albert Pyun.

In Italy during WW2, Dr. Maria Vaseli (Carla Cassola) creates a process which transforms child musical prodigy Tadzio de Santis into the hideously scarred 'Red Skull' (Scott Paulin) for the Nazis. Dr. Vaseli escapes to America where she perfects the process and helps the American Military transform Polio-ridden Steve Rogers into the Star Spangled Avenger 'Captain America' (Matt Salinger). Aided by two Resistance Fighters (Scene deleted), Captain America to a hidden Nazi Fortress, Captain America encounters his nemesis, the Red Skull, where he is defeated and strapped to a rocket that the Nazis are planning to launch launch at the White House to kill President Roosevelt. Cap heroically manages to stop the rocket from crashing into the White House; but it crashes in the Alaskan Tundra where he is frozen for the next 50 years.

While Captain America is frozen, the Red Skull and plots and successfully carries out the deaths of John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King with the help of a group of international businessmen and General Fleming (Mumy/McGavin). Now, they are planning on kidnapping President Kimball (Cox) and controlling his mind to do their evil bidding. Luckily for the Red, White and Blue, Cap is accidently found by an Alaskan Surveying Team and thawed out where upon he tried to return home and while he finds that things have drastically changed; Captain America is torn between duty and the love of his former girlfriend, Bernice (Gillingham). Sharon, Bernice's daughter (also played by Gillingham) try to stop these evil conspirators.

Music was provided by Southside Johnny, Barry Goldberg and one of the Neville Brothers. It's theme song "Home of the Brave" is very moving.

I had the opportunity to see Captain America on Hulu. I feel it's an Horrible Adaption, Red Skull looks Horrible and is a Businessman?!? Although Steve Rogers/Cap is good, and the costume is good. The Beginning of the movie is in Italian no subtitles in mussolini's WWII Italy. I thought the movie had potential. Sadly, This is the only Cap Movie we have for now sadly. As a Captain America Fan we need something better.

There have several film/TV versions of Captain America going back to the 1940's, this one is the closest adaptation of the comics.

The movie is not fantastic by any means, but it does have some redeeming qualities that I think overshadow the bad.

The Good:

-The costume and shield are faithful re-creations of the classic "Cap" look and are actually used throughout the film.

-We actually get to see the Red Skull with a Red Skull, even if it is only for a short while.

-The story contains footage of Cap during WWII, being frozen in ice and then being unfrozen in the present day, that ties it into some of the comic stories.

-There are actually some great story points with Steve going to see his OLD girlfriend and the Red Skull calling Cap as his "American Brother".

-Also, the storyline with the reporter and President who idolized Captain America as kids and how it ties into the present day is neat.

The Bad:

-The acting is pretty terrible with the exception of Ned Beatty.

-The action and effects are a little slow.

-And of course, RUBBER EARS! The Cap costume has rubber ears, instead of using the actors real ears-it's a little distracting.

Again, this is the most faithful adaptation we have: better than the 1944 serial, better than the 70's Reb Brown TV movies, but what will really be better is the new Marvel Studios version that should be coming out after Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk.

Not one you need to own, but if you're a Captain America fan pick it up.

The only good thing about this movie is the costume that Captain America wears, Everything else including the acting, is a one star rating. I guess they were more focused on an image than a good quality movie.Use your moeny on the cartoons instead.

The first 15 minutes suggest a very promising film, but then it degenerates into a complete travesty. Captain America is a wimp in this movie. He gets knocked down when a woman hits him with her purse!! There is absolutely nothing redeemable about this movie. The only reason to rent it would be to see just how bad it really is. Watching this movie one gets the feeling that the filmmakers didn't really care about making a good movie, so long as they filled up 2 hours worth of film. Do not waste your time.

This straight to video mess is undoubtadly one of the worst comic to film adaptations of all time (yet, not as bad as Batman & Robin). This movie ranks up there with Roger Corman's never released Fantastic Four movie, and long time fans of the Captain America comics, or even those who just have basic knowledge of the character, will be utterly disgusted with this low budget mess. First off, the changing he nationality of the Red Skull from German to Italian is annoying enough, but one look at Cap's (Matt Salinger) rubbers ears on his costume will either make you laugh out loud or cringe in horror. All in all, any discerning comic fan should avoid this at all costs.

I'll admit, you can tell they made this Captain America movie on a tight budget but the movie captures the feel of the comic book and that's what really matters. Since I'm an avid fan of the comic book, when I heard this movie was out on VHS- I just had to see it. Thing is, I liked it so much I ended up buying it. And, for several reasons, one- they mention my hometown(Springfield, Ohio) in it, two- it features several favorite actors of mine(Ned Beatty, Danny Cox, and Matt Salinger) and three- it's a good movie after all. If you like comic book movies or just like the comic book in general- you're bound to find alot to like about the movie. If I had any gripes, whatsoever, it'd be that you see the Captain more as a civilian than as the Captain in the movie but that's a small gripe overall. I highly recommend this one to all.

i love and collect the captain america comics and was very happy when i found this movie,until i sat down and watched it.
they got the story close to right(enough so as not to make us old time fans mad) but they really blew the rest of it. the story after he is frozen just really is a big let down. maybe with all the comics comeing to the movies they will try again!!!! HINT,HINT,HINT

This low-budget, terribly-made movie is great if you want to laugh at it. Extremely stupid with bad acting all around.

Terrible,just terrible.What a wast