It’s unfair to compare this 1990 low-budget film with the Marvel extravaganza that it theaters this summer. They may feature the same comic book superhero battling his arch nemesis, but after that it’s comparing apples and oranges. If you cut it some slack, though, and judge this one on its own merits, it can be a heck of a lot of fun. Matt Salinger does a good job filling in the boots of America’s first super hero, no mean achievement given the cheap plastic look of the costume they give him. Screen veterans Ronny Cox, Ned Beatty and Darren McGavin all bring a wink and a smile to their cheesy roles as the people trying to help (or in McGavin’s case hurt) the Captain as he fights to save the world from being destroyed. Scott Paulin steals the show as the Red Skull.
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