Yes, before this summer's blockbuster film there was an earlier version of Captain America back in the 90's. It starred Matt Salinger (the son of JD Salinger). And yes, it was bad. But was it cheesy fun bad or just bad????
The story: In 1936, the Fascist Italians are trying to create a super soldier. A female scientist objects and runs to the US. The fascist super soldier becomes the Red Skull. The American becomes Captain America. Captain America is sent to defeat the Red Skull and deactivate a missile, which he does but then he falls into the water and is frozen for fifty years. The Red Skull gets cosmtic surgery and becomes the leader of a crime family. Captain America is then revived in the present (1990's) and has to adjust before going to defeat his arch nemesis...the Red Skull.
Was it good?
No. It follows a lot of the comic book beats, which is nice. Maybe if they had made it a little lighter, a little more fun, it would have come off as campy, but it is just so serious about everything. Yikes! Some of the other decisions are strange. Giving the Red Skull cosmetic surgery doesn't make sense...he isn't the Red Skull anymore! And they have Cap doing stuff like stealing a car and abandoning a woman that are very un-Cap like. There are things that are good about the movie...dealing with Cap awakening fifty years later, including Cap's shield (although not much and not well, but at least they tried.)
At best this is a cheesy film to watch and enjoy for it's bad-ness. Or maybe the best thing about it is that it makes us hope that the Cap movie coming out this summer will be better.
*** AVOID ***
(unless you are a total geek like me :) )
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