Unlike DC Comics mainstays Batman and Superman, Marvel Comics characters have made distinctly unheroic leaps to the silver screen, with financial misfires like THE PUNISHER and, most notably, HOWARD THE DUCK. Having recently marked his 50th anniversary in print, Captain America is the
latest Marvel icon to suffer a rattletrap cinematic treatment with this 1990 effort, belatedly released to home video.
The plot remains faithful to the WWII orgins of Captain America, which is a bit of a drawback in itself; classic though he is, Captain America is easily the squarest crime fighter in Marvel's stable, preceding editor Stan Lee's popular 1960s formula for "heroes wit...
Released:
1992
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
97 mins