Matialth
Good concept, poorly executed.
Sammy-Jo Cervantes
There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.
Freeman
This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.
Eric Stevenson
The first "Captain America" movie wasn't the bad movie made in 1991. It was actually an even worse (at least for me) TV movie made in 1979. This is easily the worst thing I have yet to sit through for Superhero Month. The worst thing about this movie is that Captain America in uniform doesn't even appear until three fourths into the actual movie. Okay, they did the same thing with "Power Rangers" but the difference was that that movie was much better acted and at least got the mythology right. This film is more or less Captain American in name only. Most of us know Captain America as a World War II soldier.This movie does not feature World War II or have anything to do with fighting Nazis or anything like that. It's a very basic concept of a popular character and people should know how to get it right. The Red Skull is arguably the most evil villain in the history of fiction, but we don't even get to see him in this. At least the 1991 movie got the mythology right. It still looked like it was made in the 1970's and this, well was made in the 1970's so it has that excuse. This movie features Steve Rogers as someone who gets the super soldier serum after being in an accident.Is there any explanation as to why this wasn't mass produced? In the original story, the creator died so only Steve was able to get the serum. There are numerous times where he's referred to as "Mr. Rogers". The fact that you would even use a term as wonderful as Mr. Rogers in a film this horrible is an insult to Fred Rogers. This is the most boring superhero film ever made, with repeated shots of him riding his motorcycle and a helicopter just flying around. The talking goes on forever and I don't even care if any of these guys were characters from the comics. There's a reason this movie is relatively obscure. *
J J Brannon
As a long-time comics fan I recall this little, inoffensive, unchallenging Reb Brown late-70s pilot-shot of the star-spangled superhero.Any TV-flick where the hero is menaced by a thug bearing a silenced **revolver** can't be taken seriously, especially in a Rocky-inspired knock-off meat-locker scene where the side of beef strikes back. (And I don't mean, the actor Brown.) Come to think of it, the sides of beef almost out-act Brown, who otherwise comes across as a likable-enough person.When I was a teen, before my own military career, I missed such absurdities as a Marine quoting from a statue's inscription at West Point, instead of Annapolis, although the idea of a civilian helicopter cavalierly invading the air-space over a military classified-weapons testing installation had me guffawing 37 years ago as did the idea that a two-week separated Marine could grow that full a head of hair that Steve Rogers sported at the beginning of the film.For continuity sake, in the Marvel comics at the time, Steve Rogers was traveling around the country as an artist.For fans of banality, this is one of the 70s best examples: a nearly actionless action feature in a time of America's cultural nadir when the likes of "BJ and the Bear" with its upshifting rigs reflected the sort of faux excitement trickled out to mind-numbed viewers.A C- for California Comics Casual, with an A for aesthetics for both Heather Menzies for the guys and, I suppose, Reb Brown for the ladies.
fuzzytheanimalsanchez
If you only watch high quality cinema - Don't watch this movie! If you're a die-hard fan of the Captain America comics - You might want to avoid this.But, if enjoy top quality, funniest-at-its-worst b-movies, you're in for a treat! This really is one of the worst films ever made! I was finding myself being very careful trying to eat while I was watching, afraid that I might spit the food out when I was laughing so hard. The writing is atrocious, the acting is ridiculous, the special effects are amazingly corny.Throw in some low quality CHiP's era music and you're in for two hours of laugh-out-loud comedy!!!Enjoy-Fuzzy
k5318008
I will not hear a word spoken against this fine movie. It's great for watching when getting together with your sarcastic friends. You know the ones I mean. The kind that rent a schlock horror movie simply so they can make fun of it.The production values may lag, the acting may make you wince, and the origin of Captain America is shattered into a million zillion pieces.There is, however,one thing that makes it the greatest Captain America movie of all time: The Captain America movie from 1991! That one makes this one look like Citizen Kane. Plus, this one has a motorcycle!Yes folks, if terrorists ever force you to choose one Captain America to watch at gunpoint, make it this one.
