Screw this fancy Marvel-produced CAPTAIN AMERICA that’s hitting theaters on July 22nd; this is what the Cap should look like! Okay, maybe not, but this is guaranteed to be a cheesy fucking good time. I slightly recollect seeing this film when I was 12-years-old or so, and even at that delicate young age I recognized it as unmitigated crap. But the camp value has to be sky high right now, so perhaps it’s worth a new look! After all, it was directed by Albert Pyun (CYBORG).
During World War II, a brave American soldier (Matt Salinger) volunteers to undergo experiments to become a new super-soldier, codenamed “Captain America.” Infiltrating Germany to sabotage Nazi rockets pointed at the U.S., Captain America faces off with Nazi superhuman warrior Red Skull (Scott Paulin, The Right Stuff) who defeats the hero, throwing him into suspended animation. Frozen for 50 years, Captain America is found and revived only to find that Red Skull has changed identities and has targeted the President of the United States (Ronny Cox, RoboCop) for assassination. With America on the verge of utter chaos, it is up to one man to save the day!
CAPTAIN AMERICA – the 1990 version – hits shelves on JULY 19th.