Captain America

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Captain America

PG-13

1990

1h 40m

Action

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The comic-book superhero (Matt Salinger) fights Red Skull, his 1940s foe, who aims to give the president a brain implant.

Critics Consensus

Lacking a script, budget, direction, or star capable of doing justice to its source material, this Captain America should have been left under the ice.

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Frank Lovece

Entertainment Weekly

The movie isn't merely wrong for kids -- it's just all wrong.

Rated: F

Jul 21, 2011

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Lawrence Cohn

Variety

Salinger has some good moments dealing with the cultural shock of his Rip Van Winkle reawakening, but film never takes flight under Albert Pyun's leaden direction.

Jul 21, 2011

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James Berardinelli

ReelViews

The biggest flaw isn’t so much the acting, the directing, or the screenwriting (all of which deserve demerits) but that the movie’s meager budget doesn’t allow it to look cinematic.

Rated: 2/4

Oct 4, 2022

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Alan Ng

Film Threat

You can't lose watching Captain America.

Rated: 6/10

Dec 13, 2020

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Tim Brayton

Alternate Ending

Outrageously, excruciatingly dull, dragging out its 97 minutes to a point that time itself more or less ceases to have any meaning.

Rated: 1/5

May 15, 2019

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Zac Hestand

Film Inquiry

The 1990 Captain America shows the viewer, and any aspiring filmmaker, how not to make a superhero movie.

Nov 15, 2018

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Chris B

Not bad revisiting it. It's not too bad and kind of follows the story somewhat. It isn't the greatest movie in the world but watching it find it interesting.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

09/16/24

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David W

Unintentially hilarious. Camp as a row of tents and seemingly with a budget equivalent to a 20 second hemorrhoid cream advert. It's one saving grace is that Tranks woeful Fantastic Four reboot would come along and save it from being the worst Marvel comic related movie of all time.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/25/24

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Andrius Y

una pesima pelicula sin un guion de calidad ,bajo presupuesto ,mala productora y actores de baja categoria combinado con una mala adaptacion y estetica aburrida

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/06/24

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Elvis D

Esta adaptación de Capitán América se mantiene fiel a la visión del personaje a pesar de su producción y tener un aspecto algo aficionado. El traje luce barato, pero respeta bastante el traje que Steve usa en los cómics. El maquillaje de Red Skull es bastante bizarro y es hasta incluso terrible. La trama es simple, pero buena tomando elementos del personaje en los cómics. Está bien plasmada el arco argumental de Steve Rogers y es una adaptación aceptable. Claro que es una película de acción simple de la época con una violencia suavizada, pero que logra entretener. No es para nada una de las peores adaptaciones de Marvel, aunque su calidad es poco profesional. Marvel fallo en tratar de sepultar esta película y es una cinta que merece ser conocida por los fans de Marvel. Mi calificación para esta película es un 8/10.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/11/23

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jonathan m

Considered one of the best scripts ever written and one of the worst movies ever made there you go I've no more to say about this movie I had to turn it off halfway

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

This movie maybe of it's time, but I liked it for the cheesiness and its an different feel to the Marvel movies that we all know in this day and age. And the reason I"m getting this an half of star is because even I know overall this movie was bad. I only recommend this movie if you are in the mood for watching cheesy of it's time superhero movies.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/24/23

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Albert Pyun

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Matthew Salinger

Steve Rogers

Ronny Cox

Tom Kimball

Ned Beatty

Sam Kolawetz

W. Lyle Richardson

General Fleming

Michael Nouri

Lt. Colonel Louis

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Synopsis

The comic-book superhero (Matt Salinger) fights Red Skull, his 1940s foe, who aims to give the president a brain implant.

Director: Albert Pyun
Producer: Menahem Golan
Screenwriter: Stephen Tolkin, Lawrence Block
Production Co: 21st Century Film Corporation, Jadran Film, Marvel Enterprises
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (DVD): Aug 30, 2011
Runtime: 1h 40m
Sound Mix: Stereo, Surround

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