I'm a fan of awesomely bad and cheesy movies as well as a fan of superheroes and superhero movies. I've seen a lot of obscure superhero movies in my day but I think I saw what might be the worst superhero film ever. I'm talking about the 1979 Captain America movie.
If you want to see a captain america movie where captain america never throws his shield, punches anyone or does anything cool other than riding a captain america themed motorcycle then this movie is for you. He doesnt even wear the captain america suit until over an hour into the movie and his 'shield' looks like it's made from clear plastic with some spray paint over it. They made captain america look like evel knievel for some reason.
At least there were a few laughs as half the lines in the movie could be taken as bad sexual innuendos and pretty much all the dialogue felt forced. And pretty much the only reason I wanted to watch it was to see Captain America fight nazis or the red skull or at least some costumed villain but nope the bad guy is just some old business guy in a suit who has a heart attack the minute he's confronted with captain america so he needs to be resuscitated. That's right, captain america doesn't even fight the main bad guy he just gives up the minute captain america shows up. The bad guy spends most of the time leading up to the climax sitting down reading a book next to a bomb. Captain America doesn't even resuscitate the bad guy, he calls his boss in to do it.
The movies production values are on par with the incredible hulk tv show from the 70s, in fact captain america feels like an hour and a half tv pilot for a terrible captain america tv show that thankfully never was. The only good thing about the movie was Len Birman's hilarious performance as Captain Americas mentors. Every line of dialogue he speaks sounds like an ominous narrator rather than a person talking to someone else.
Watching this really made me appreciate the modern Captain America movie a lot more. Also, the reason I saw this pile of garbage was because I had it mixed up with the horribly cheesy 1990 Captain America movie that I wanted to see. At least that one has action, a better costume and the red skull.
If you want to see a captain america movie where captain america never throws his shield, punches anyone or does anything cool other than riding a captain america themed motorcycle then this movie is for you. He doesnt even wear the captain america suit until over an hour into the movie and his 'shield' looks like it's made from clear plastic with some spray paint over it. They made captain america look like evel knievel for some reason.
At least there were a few laughs as half the lines in the movie could be taken as bad sexual innuendos and pretty much all the dialogue felt forced. And pretty much the only reason I wanted to watch it was to see Captain America fight nazis or the red skull or at least some costumed villain but nope the bad guy is just some old business guy in a suit who has a heart attack the minute he's confronted with captain america so he needs to be resuscitated. That's right, captain america doesn't even fight the main bad guy he just gives up the minute captain america shows up. The bad guy spends most of the time leading up to the climax sitting down reading a book next to a bomb. Captain America doesn't even resuscitate the bad guy, he calls his boss in to do it.
The movies production values are on par with the incredible hulk tv show from the 70s, in fact captain america feels like an hour and a half tv pilot for a terrible captain america tv show that thankfully never was. The only good thing about the movie was Len Birman's hilarious performance as Captain Americas mentors. Every line of dialogue he speaks sounds like an ominous narrator rather than a person talking to someone else.
Watching this really made me appreciate the modern Captain America movie a lot more. Also, the reason I saw this pile of garbage was because I had it mixed up with the horribly cheesy 1990 Captain America movie that I wanted to see. At least that one has action, a better costume and the red skull.