Like the caption said, the felt more like a John Walker Captain America story than a Steve Rogers one.
First of all, in this incarceration, Steve is not the first Captain America, but his father is. This could have easily been the story of John Walker taking up the Captain America mantle from an aging Steve Rogers and they could've made some half-hearted excuse like "John and Steve are cousins and, therefore, have similar enough DNA that it will work!"
Secondly, Reb Brown's portrayal of Captain America feels very mean-spirited in his actions and not in the Johnny-do-right way Steve Rogers goes about doing the job. Again, this feels like John Walker. In an action scene, he smiles as goons fall into oil that he spilled and it looked like he enjoyed their pain. He also didn't want to serve his country, but instead he wanted to just be a painter in the countryside. Which, is great thing for someone to want, but a core tenant of Steve's character is his want to help people and serve the ideals he believes in. This "Steve" seems to not really care and just be about doing it cause it's thrust upon him.
Now, John Walker (as Super-Patriot) wouldn't be introduced for almost seven years and I understand that it couldn't have been John Walker Captain America in this film, but it just speaks to the disservice that this film did to the character of Steve Rogers that the character that is played in the film is more like his opposite that Steve (John Walker was originally written to be the anti-Steve in a way).
The car/helicopter scenes went on for WAY to long, Reb Brown was cardboard in this role, and the villains were as two-dimensional as they come. The bright parts of the movie, to me, is the man that payed Louis was pretty good (unless he just seemed that way because of how poor Brown faired) and it made me think of The Incredible Hulk (which my wife and I are currently watching through).
Bad movie. Bad portrayal of Steve Rogers. Pretty good portrayal of John Walker. Campy and 70s charm very prevalent, especially for those who enjoyed The Incredible Hulk and the Spider-Man show for this time period.
First of all, in this incarceration, Steve is not the first Captain America, but his father is. This could have easily been the story of John Walker taking up the Captain America mantle from an aging Steve Rogers and they could've made some half-hearted excuse like "John and Steve are cousins and, therefore, have similar enough DNA that it will work!"
Secondly, Reb Brown's portrayal of Captain America feels very mean-spirited in his actions and not in the Johnny-do-right way Steve Rogers goes about doing the job. Again, this feels like John Walker. In an action scene, he smiles as goons fall into oil that he spilled and it looked like he enjoyed their pain. He also didn't want to serve his country, but instead he wanted to just be a painter in the countryside. Which, is great thing for someone to want, but a core tenant of Steve's character is his want to help people and serve the ideals he believes in. This "Steve" seems to not really care and just be about doing it cause it's thrust upon him.
Now, John Walker (as Super-Patriot) wouldn't be introduced for almost seven years and I understand that it couldn't have been John Walker Captain America in this film, but it just speaks to the disservice that this film did to the character of Steve Rogers that the character that is played in the film is more like his opposite that Steve (John Walker was originally written to be the anti-Steve in a way).
The car/helicopter scenes went on for WAY to long, Reb Brown was cardboard in this role, and the villains were as two-dimensional as they come. The bright parts of the movie, to me, is the man that payed Louis was pretty good (unless he just seemed that way because of how poor Brown faired) and it made me think of The Incredible Hulk (which my wife and I are currently watching through).
Bad movie. Bad portrayal of Steve Rogers. Pretty good portrayal of John Walker. Campy and 70s charm very prevalent, especially for those who enjoyed The Incredible Hulk and the Spider-Man show for this time period.