Captain America II: Death Too Soon (1979) (TV)

Director:

Ivan Nagy

Writers:

Jack Kirby (characters)
Patricia Payne (writer)

Release Date:

23 November 1979 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Plot:

The star spangled hero must battle a villain's plan to poison America with a chemical that horrifically accelerates the aging processing. |

Plot Keywords:

Marvel Comics | Shield | Based On Comic | Based On Comic Book | Second Part

Cast

Reb Brown	...	Captain America (Steve Rogers)
Connie Sellecca	...	Dr. Wendy Day
Len Birman	...	Dr. Simon Mills
Katherine Justice	...	Helen Moore
Christopher Lee	...	Miguel
Christopher Cary	...	Professor Ian Ilson (as Christopher Carey)
William Lucking	...	Stader (as Bill Lucking)
Ken Swofford	...	Everett Bliss
Lana Wood	...	Yolanda
Stanley Kamel	...	Kramer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lachelle Chamberlain	...	Young Girl
Susan French	...	Mrs. Shaw
Alex Hyde-White	...	Young Boy
William Mims	...	Dr. J. Brenner
Timothy O'Hagan	...	Cal
Arthur Rosenberg	...	Doctor
John Waldron	...	Peter

Runtime:

83 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Filming Locations:

Folsom, California, USA

Company:

Universal TV

Trivia:

Theatrically released in France with the simplified title "Captain America".

Goofs:

Continuity: After Captain America stops two thugs from mugging an old lady, one takes off on foot, right in front of the other one who takes off in a dune buggy. The thug on foot runs in front of the dun buggy just as the dune buggy takes off, but in the next shot of the dune buggy speeding off, the thug on foot has disappeared.

Quotes:

Captain America: The old people in this town are my friends!

Movie Connections:

Version of "Avengers" (1999)

Bwahahahahahaha!!!

OK! Well, this is so bad its funny. First off, this film has nothing to do with the Captain America we all know and love in the comics. Some background from the first movie that I watched but am not going to review: Steve Rogers is a former motorcross racer, now free lance artist and is the son of the original Captain America....(may be the one in the comics). He was in a wreck and was injected with "FLAG" serum by the goverment....Riiiiiiight. Steve rides around in a big blue van...when trouble arises, the back doors of the van open, smoke poors out, and the Captain shoots out on his red, white, and blue motor cylce. He wears a helmet over his traditional mask and his shield is small...very small. Everything on the original design on the shield that was white is now clear. It is a super flimsy piece of work too. it bends and folds whenever he uses it, especially in a seen where he is pushing pack a pack of wild dogs. The story sucks here too. Instead of the Red Skull or Baron Zemo we get the villian from The Man With The Golden Gun. His name is Miguel and he is holding the country hostage. He is spreading an aging formula over cities and he will only provide an antidote for lots of money. Though we get to see a pretty fair amount of Cap in costume, he spends that time riding his motorcyle. I guess the director thought ten minutes of Cap riding his bike to be entertaining...whatever. The fighting seens are also kinda lame. Cap would rather throw a thug into a mud puddle than punch him. Also, every time he uses his enhanced strength or makes a big jump, we hear this supper annoying whistle sound and we hear it a lot. I will say this about the actor playing Cap, Reb Brown, is very big and very built,however, he sounds like a hick when he talks. This movie came out in the late 70s when Marvel comics and this big spread of superheroes on TV. The Hulk, Spiderman, Dr. Strange, and Cap were all planned TV shows. The Hulk and Spiderman both made it past the pilots but only the Hulk would last more than a season. The last try at making a Cap into a movie was in 1990. The movie was supposed to go to theaters but was held back and put on video in 1992. I personally find it to be a much better movie...you be the judge.