Director: Rod Holcomb
Stars: Reb Brown, Len Birman and Heather Menzies-Urich
Genre: Action | Drama
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Running Time: 120 Mins
Tagline: None
Stars: Reb Brown, Len Birman and Heather Menzies-Urich
Genre: Action | Drama
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Running Time: 120 Mins
Tagline: None
Synopsis:
{According to IMDB}
A recipient of an experimental body enhancement chemical retaliates against his would be killers as a star spangled superhero.
But before I get into those issues, let’s talk about the plot, or “pretend plot” of this ridiculed mess. The movie’s premise begins with the introduction of Steve Rogers: a man who has served his country in the military. Now of service, he comes back home to relax and visit the country side and the rest of the states. Shortly in the film he is called by a friend, who eventually ends up murdered over a roll of film (which we later find out what it was for) I tried my best, really I did, to pay full attention to what was going on…but I really couldn’t. Later for some reason Rogers being a gullible idiot accepts to meet with some guys who calls on the phone, in reference about the guy who died over the roll of film. Once he meets up with them, he ends up in a motorcycle accident. It leaves him “medically dead” but we find out that there is a serum that can bring him back. It seems Rogers is the son of what was considered at the time: America’s greatest patriot….can you guess who? Yes Captain America. As well, he was working on a serum called F.L.A.G.(Full Latent Ability Gain) Aside from the cool name of the serum, it is later used on Rogers to revive him. Obviously it does, and Rogers gains not only his life but super strength, neat huh?
Discussion
So with Captain America opening today, I was surprised to see the Sci-Fi Channel bothering in showing the older adaptations of the Superhero. Back to back they gave both TV movies along with the Roger Corman 90’s version of Captain America. Folks, honestly speaking, don’t waste your time on this movie. This adaptation of Captain America was a failed Pilot, for what was intended to be a new superhero series like Wonder Woman. Due to poor reception, it never made it pass the pilot. Actually, they used some of the remaining episodes to create a “sequel “to this TV movie. Good thing it didn’t exceed those two TV Movies, because both are honestly atrocious.
Steve Rogers/Captain America is played by Reb Brown, who I can only describe as a big beefed up guy who looks way too nice. I am serious, the guy may have had the physique to play the role, but the guy comes across as not having enough character. Not only that, the guy is the only one in the cast who can’t act. The other actors are also pretty shitty actors too, but this guy really nailed it at being a “blank expression can’t act for beans” guy. But worse issues come at hand when we find out that this “TV Movie” suffers from far worse things than poor acting skills.
But before I get into those issues, let’s talk about the plot, or “pretend plot” of this ridiculed mess. The movie’s premise begins with the introduction of Steve Rogers: a man who has served his country in the military. Now of service, he comes back home to relax and visit the country side and the rest of the states. Shortly in the film he is called by a friend, who eventually ends up murdered over a roll of film (which we later find out what it was for) I tried my best, really I did, to pay full attention to what was going on…but I really couldn’t. Later for some reason Rogers being a gullible idiot accepts to meet with some guys who calls on the phone, in reference about the guy who died over the roll of film. Once he meets up with them, he ends up in a motorcycle accident. It leaves him “medically dead” but we find out that there is a serum that can bring him back. It seems Rogers is the son of what was considered at the time: America’s greatest patriot….can you guess who? Yes Captain America. As well, he was working on a serum called F.L.A.G.(Full Latent Ability Gain) Aside from the cool name of the serum, it is later used on Rogers to revive him. Obviously it does, and Rogers gains not only his life but super strength, neat huh? 
The main issue I had with this movie, aside the acting I mentioned earlier, Is that I didn’t feel entertained at all. Usually I can sustain attention on a cheesy flick, hell I usually love these kinds of movies…but this time, this one was just uninspiring and plain boring. The only “cool” thing about the movie was the outfit. It does look outdated and somewhat flimsy, but it looks neat in a retro sort of way, if that makes any sense. I also liked the motorcycle they give Captain America, neatly it carries a silencer and a launcher for when needing to escape baddies. He ends up using it at the end…actually you don’t see Captain America until the very end of the flick. Now I know why I was so bored, because Captain America wouldn’t appear. Anyway, the way he gets his armor is quite laughable. He drew a sketch of Captain America on the beach; the guy who gave him the serum liked the drawing, so he decided it was adequate for his title of Captain America. Curious, how his drawing is so close to the real Captain America, yet he had never met the real one. So concluding this mess, Captain America eventually goes on his first mission. The F.B.I permits him to go on a mission dressed as an all American Flag...Well you can’t get more patriotic. He attacks Oil Company called Andreas Oil Company, why? Again I wasn’t paying attention, but it seems the micro film had information on a renewable and safe alternative to petroleum. For this, they ended up killing Roger’s friend. But anyway, avoid this TV Movie; you will live a wonderful lengthy life ignoring this ever happened.
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