bensonmum2 During WWII, a brave, patriotic young man undergoes a series of painful experiments that turn him into a super-human. He takes the persona of red, white, and blue wearing Captain America and heads to Nazi Germany to do battle with a character known as Red Skull. Red Skull is a similarly enhanced man. Captain America loses the battle and ends up frozen in ice in the wilds of Alaska. Fifty or so year later, Caps body is found. After he's un-thawed and regains his senses, he discovers that his old foe, Red Skull, has taken a secret identity, but is still up to his old tricks. His latest plot involves kidnapping the President of the United States so he can implant a controlling device in his head. Cap will once again try to stop Red Skull.While not a total disaster, the 1990 version of Captain America isn't what I'd call a "good" movie. My main problem is with the script. It's what I'd call lazy. There is no logic behind much of what happens on-screen. I'm going to limit this to two or three examples of what I'm talking about. Otherwise, this could go on forever. First, Cap is thawed in Alaska. As he's walking through Canada, a reporter from Washington, driving a pick-up truck, just happens to be in the right place at the right time and almost literally runs in to Cap. Yeah, sure. To stretch believablity even further, a gang of baddies from Italy, who are also searching for Captain America, miraculously discover his whereabouts at almost the exact same moment. What are the odds that these people would find a lone man on foot in the wilds of Canada at the same time? It's just stupid. The second example of poor, lazy writing and a lack of logic involves the "crew" Red Skull sends to take out Captain America. You'd think that a real bad dude like Red Skull would have an army of henchmen at his disposal. But for some bizarre reason, he doesn't. Instead, he sends his 20-something daughter, her model friends, and their boyfriends to deal with his mortal enemy. I can't think of a less threatening looking group of supposed killers.For my third example, I'll mention the aftermath of the Preident's kidnapping. Captain America and his little girlfriend are looking for the President, but they appear to be alone. Where in the world is the Secret Service? Where are the Italian police? Where is the military? If the Preident of the USA were to actually be kidnapped, almost everything in the entire world would come to a complete halt. Instead, things in Italy, where the President was kidnapped, seem to be going on as if nothing happened. Not very likely and, again, stupid.Add these problems I have with this dog of script to some pretty bad acting, poor special effects, a mind-numbingly ineffectual Captain America, and lame fight choreography and you've got a bad movie on your hands. While I did enjoy bits and pieces of the film, the whole is so bad I cannot give Captian America a positive rating.

Achoo42 Probably the worst superhero film of all time. And I've watched all the trash ones, like Green Lantern, Batman and Robin, Catwoman, Elektra, Fant4stic, Superman IV, etc. Now, let's begin with the...Highs: Funny, but unintentionally so.Lows: It's like a parody. A parody of Captain America. Unfortunately, that's not what the director had in mind. Logic was nonexistent in this movie. Remember in Trolls 2 where the kid pees on the food instead of just throwing it away? That is the type of logic in this movie. None whatsoever. Examples: Red Skull is grabbed by Captain America strapped to a rocket. Because Red Skull doesn't want to be taken with the rocket, what does he do?A. Nothing, and let gravity do the work.B. Kill Captain America with the knife in his hand. C. Cut off Captain America's hand. D. Cut off his own hand. Yes, the correct answer is D. Congratulations, Red Skull is the winner for the dumbest supervillain if all time. Also, his face looks like a collection of acne scars. The Captain is no bright bulb either, believe it or not. He steals two cars from the very people who are trying to help him, and in the second instance of car theft, he actually gets stuck because he can't speak Italian. Then the person he just stole from bails him out. The entire scene just kicks karma in the balls. There are some gigantic logical errors that also don't have to do with the characters themselves. In the very beginning, it's early World War 2 and Nazis are going around murdering random Italian families. WTF? The Italians are their allies. It's like America's navy just going around sinking random British cargo ships. Another particularly stupid scene (this movie has a lot of them) is when Cap is strapped to a rocket headed straight for the White House. What does he do? He kicks it off course. You read right. Apparently his kicks also refueled the rocket, since it now has the power to fly all the way to Alaska. That's right. And the stupidity doesn't end there. Another ridiculously braindead scene is the entire end fight. It's.....oh, you'll just need to watch it yourself. Too stupid to convey with words.Other low points in the movie include boring action scenes, plot holes, terrible acting, and general laziness throughout, especially with the costumes. Captain America's eyeholes don't even align with his eyes, and his ears are fake rubber ears. They didn't even bother cutting ear holes into the mask. That's how lazy they were.Verdict: Watch it. You won't regret it, because it's a barrelful of laughs.

Adam Peters (38%) Just before the days of mega budget, effect ridden, super blockbuster Marvel comic book movies, the world had this, and compared to the brilliant Batman movie released around the same this is pretty weak. What this rather forgettable movie does show though is how far these movies have come in quite a short period of time. The most notable aspect of this is how old and dated it looks. Its release was delayed and it really shows as this feels more like an early 80's movie than an early 90's one. Matt Salinger as the title role gives a dull performance throughout, particularly for a man that not only was given super powers, but frozen in time for decades, as he may as well be doing his taxes. Couple that with a plot that is very loose around the edges and your left with a movie that can only be enjoyed as a curiosity piece and nothing more.

Leofwine_draca Despite its forgotten status today - especially in the wake of the recent mega-budget revamp - CAPTAIN America isn't bad for what it is, which is a low budget, cheesy, superhero family adventure film. Okay, so the director is Albert Pyun, who I have to say is one of my least favourites, and the paucity of budget is evident throughout, but other than that this is surprisingly watchable.I think it's fair to say that Matt Salinger is one of the more wooden superhero actors to be seen on screen, but the supporting cast makes up for that. THE HIDDEN's Michael Nouri shows up as a military man, good old Ronny Cox is the President no less, Ned Beatty ISN'T a bad guy, and there's even a part for TV's one time Kolchak, Darren McGavin.It's a fast paced little movie that takes in Steve Rogers' origins, sends him through time to the modern day and then involves him in a plot involving an old enemy. Not much of it makes too much sense, but there's plenty of action and scenes of our hero battling the bad guys. Pyun's direction is horrible, but I was expecting the worst when I sat down to watch this and I didn't get it.