Captain America (1990)

User Rating:

2.8/10   

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:

Captain America | Frozen | Superhero | Body Frozen Under Ice | Frozen Body

Cast

Matt Salinger	...	Steve Rogers / Captain America
Ronny Cox	...	Tom Kimball
Ned Beatty	...	Sam Kolawetz
Darren McGavin	...	General Fleming
Michael Nouri	...	Lt. Colonel Louis
Scott Paulin	...	The Red Skull / Army Doctor
Kim Gillingham	...	Bernice Stewart / Sharon
Melinda Dillon	...	Mrs. Rogers
Bill Mumy	...	Young General 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 (as Garette Ratliffe)

Runtime:

97 min

Country:

USA | Yugoslavia

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

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

Filming Locations:

Croatia

Company:

21st Century Film Corporation

Trivia:

The film did not get a US theatrical release but was released internationally.

Goofs:

Continuity: When the President hits the Red Skull's flunky on the head with Captain America's indestructible shield, the shield dents.

Quotes:

The Red Skull: You remain a poor choice, little brother.
Captain America: Stop calling me your brother!

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Svengoolie: Captain America" (2001)

Soundtrack:

Written in the Wind

Batman Has Nothing To Worry About

You really have to be a fan of............oh what the heck, this movie just plain stinks! The costume looks horrible, too many liberties were taken with the characters and the plot lurches forward badly. It basicly starts out with a few minutes in one place, a few minutes in another, a few more elsewhere......you get the idea, and then all these separate incidents gradually and slowly lead to one single plot. MST3K's Pod People was easier to follow ! Few good things about this, Matt Salinger looks enough like Steve Rogers should, but is hampered by the lousy script and implausible plot. The culture shock he has returning home after too many years is done fairly well, and the Red Skull seen at the top of the movie reminds me of a cross between Freddie Kruger and Jason Voorhees. This movie could have been so much better set entirely in WW2 with the opening scene of Hitler screaming at his generals, "I could make that bellboy a better leader than any of you !" That is from the mythos of the comic book. After the opening credits, we should have seen the process of Rogers becoming the hero who goes on to fight the Red Skull, who through most of the movie should have been spoken of and referred to, but not seen. This movie needed that sort of impact, the indication of the sort of evil the Nazis represented, but as it is, it's just one big car wreck on the "to-do" list at MST3K.