Captain America is the title of a
low budget film based on the popular
Marvel Comics superhero of the
same name. While the film takes several liberties with the comic's storyline, it features Steve Rogers becoming
Captain America during
World War II to battle the
Red Skull, being frozen in ice, and subsequently being revived to save the President of the United States. The film received a
PG-13 rating from the
Motion Picture Association of America.
Plot
The film starts in 1936
fascist Italy, where the government kidnaps a talented boy from his family. The boy is needed for an experimental project to create a fascist
supersoldier; however, Dr. Vaselli (Carla Cassola) objects to using the boy, and under the cover of gunfire flees to the
United States of America to help create an American super soldier.