1990 - Captain America - KayLing88 Entertainment Review

Publication Information

Title : Captain America
Version : 1990
Directed by : Albert Pyun
Produced by :
- Joseph Calamari
- Menahem Golan
- Tom Karnowski
- Stan Lee
Screenplay by : Stephen Tolkin
Story by :
- Stephen Tolkin
- Lawrence Block
Based on Characters by :
- Joe Simon
- Jack Kirby
Music by : Barry Goldberg
Cinematography : Philip Alan Waters
Edited by : Jon Poll
Production companies :
- Marvel Entertainment Group
- Jadran Film
Distributed by : 21st Century Film Corporation
Release date :
- 14 December 1990 : United Kingdom
- 22 July 1992 : United States
Running time : 97 minutes
Country :
- Yugoslavia
- United States
Language : English

Captain America is a 1990 superhero film directed by Albert Pyun and written by Stephen Tolkin and Lawrence Block. The film is based on the Marvel Comics superhero of the same name. While the film takes several liberties with the comic's storyline, it features Steve Rogers becoming Captain America during World War II to battle the Red Skull, being frozen in ice, and subsequently being revived to save the President of the United States from a crime family that dislikes his environmentalist policies.

Plot

In Fascist Italy in 1936, the government kidnaps a boy, Tadzio de Santis, and kills his family. The child is needed for an experimental project to create a Fascist supersoldier. Dr. Maria Vaselli objects to using Tadzio, and, under the cover of gunfire, flees to the United States to offer her services to the Americans. Seven years later, the American government finds a volunteer in Steve Rogers, a soldier who is excluded from the draft because of his polio. The formula successfully transforms Rogers into a superhero, but before any more super soldiers can be created, Vaselli is murdered by a Nazi spy. Meanwhile, Tadzio has become the Red Skull and is planning to launch a missile at the White House. Rogers, code named Captain America, is sent in to defeat the Skull and deactivate the missile.

Cast

Steve Rogers / Captain America : Matt Salinger
President Tom Kimball : Ronny Cox
Tadzio de Santis / Red Skull : Scott Paulin
Sam Kolawetz : Ned Beatty
General Fleming : Darren McGavin
Valentina de Santis : Francesca Neri
Lt. Col. Louis : Michael Nouri
Bernice Stewart / Sharon : Kim Gillingham
Mrs. Rogers : Melinda Dillon
Dr. Maria Vaselli : Carla Cassola
Jack : Wayde Preston