CAPTAIN AMERICA isn't the recent mega-budget Hollywood blockbuster but instead a TV movie that dates from 1979 and dates is the right word; rarely you'll find a film which has dated as much as this one. The square-jawed but wooden Reb Brown plays Steve Rogers, the subject of a government experiment to turn him into a super-soldier who then has to take down a murderous conspiracy. The whole thing plays out in a low budget way, set in the then-present day, with lots of padding of Brown riding around on his scooter and at the beach while suits chat and plots are made. Captain America's famous shield is made out of perspex which gives you some idea of just how cheap this one is. It's lively enough in a low budget way, but hardly definitive.
Review of Captain America
Captain America
(1979 TV Movie)
A rather cheap version of the story
6 January 2018
Warning: Spoilers