Captain America II: Death Too Soon (1979) (TV)

User Rating:

3.9/10   

Director:

Ivan Nagy

Writers:

Jack Kirby (characters)
Patricia Payne (writer)

Release Date:

23 November 1979 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Plot:

The star spangled hero must battle a villain's plan to poison America with a chemical that horrifically accelerates the aging processing. |

Plot Keywords:

Marvel Comics | Shield | Based On Comic | Based On Comic Book | Second Part

Cast

Reb Brown	...	Captain America (Steve Rogers)
Connie Sellecca	...	Dr. Wendy Day
Len Birman	...	Dr. Simon Mills
Katherine Justice	...	Helen Moore
Christopher Lee	...	Miguel
Christopher Cary	...	Professor Ian Ilson (as Christopher Carey)
William Lucking	...	Stader (as Bill Lucking)
Ken Swofford	...	Everett Bliss
Lana Wood	...	Yolanda
Stanley Kamel	...	Kramer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lachelle Chamberlain	...	Young Girl
Susan French	...	Mrs. Shaw
Alex Hyde-White	...	Young Boy
William Mims	...	Dr. J. Brenner
Timothy O'Hagan	...	Cal
Arthur Rosenberg	...	Doctor
John Waldron	...	Peter

Runtime:

83 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Filming Locations:

Folsom, California, USA

Company:

Universal TV

Trivia:

Theatrically released in France with the simplified title "Captain America".

Goofs:

Continuity: After Captain America stops two thugs from mugging an old lady, one takes off on foot, right in front of the other one who takes off in a dune buggy. The thug on foot runs in front of the dun buggy just as the dune buggy takes off, but in the next shot of the dune buggy speeding off, the thug on foot has disappeared.

Quotes:

Captain America: The old people in this town are my friends!

Movie Connections:

Version of The First Avenger: Captain America (2011)

Captain America vs. Dracula!

Oh, boy; Captain America vs. Dracula! Sort of. Yes, America's Super Soldier returns, and this time, he has a decent villain. This is by far the best of the two tv movies; and, in my opinion, the best of all of the Cap cinematic efforts (including the serial and "theatrical" film). Christopher Lee rescues this film from complete boredom and makes it entertaining.

This time around, Cap has the right costume (or as close as they could get); unfortunately, it demonstrates how bad spandex costumes look on screen, even on well-built actors. The helmet was a bit much (you would think he would take it off when not riding his bike, but, nooooo!). The abilities are still more Bionic than Super Soldier Formula, but OK.

Connie Sellecca joins the cast, preparing her for her role in the future Greatest American Hero; and Len Birman is back to provide exposition and counteract insomnia.

We get some decent stunts this time, especially the motorcycle jump off of the dam. The story makes a bit more sense, as far as these things go.

My biggest gripe is the shield effect. When thrown, it rotates slowly and wobbles. They could have at least sped up the film to make it look like good! As it is, it appears that all you have to do is take a step to the side and wait for it to pass you by, ten minutes later.

Still, all in all, this was pretty entertaining. Don't expect X-Men or Batman, but it's good on a rainy day.