Captain America
Dir: Rod Holcomb
1979
**
1979's TV movie based on Marvel's Captain America is about as low budget as Superhero movies get. The first half of the film feels more like a cross between Murder She Wrote, Quincy, M.E. and The bits of The Incredible Hulk that don't have the Incredible Hulk in. The acting is fairly bad, the story makes little sense and it's a little slow and lacks the action you'd expect from a Superhero movie. The second half of the film gets a little more exciting but the word exciting is a bit of an exaggeration. This isn't really the Captain America that excited a generation of comic book fans, it really isn't, as this version is actually the son of Captain America. Captain America's son is an ex-marine motorcycle enthusiast, essentially he's Captain Knievel. His motorbike has a retro-coolness about it, although it does look rubbish if I'm being honest but the fact that Cap's famous Vibranium Steel alloy shield is now made from transparent, and rather wobbly plastic helps as somewhat of a distraction. However, I quite like it. It's the sort of thing I grew up watching. It's not very good at all but I loved it as a child and have slight warm feelings of nostalgia when re-watching it. This nostalgia has made me double my star rating, giving the film two stars it should be proud of.