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Rating: - Spirited Improvement over the original
With the bastardized origin story of the first movie out the way we skip straight to the action this time and Cap gets more screen time. The costume is much closer to the comics (though he still wouldn't take that helmet off when he parked the motorcycle although you can see he has a cowl underneath!) Reb finally stopped smiling as Cap, that drove me nuts in the first one! He actually has some command as the lead Avenger this time.

The Miquel character is clearly inspired by the Red Skull and Christopher Lee has great presense; too bad he didn't get more screen time (one can easliy see how he would be a great Red Skull watching this; much better than Scott Paulkin from the direct-to-video movie). Even the plot by Miquel to extort money from the US government by threatening to dump his aging gas on a densely populated American city sounds like a kid-friendly version of something the Red Skull would cook up.

The story and characterizations are actually surprisingly involving, nothing too heady, but good. A partriotic message of indepedence and love for one's country and respect for another's is at the heart of this tale, albeit laced in cheese, but what did you expect? I can't help but smile along with Cap and his female co-star at the end of it all. The villian and reticent townsfolk Cap encounters in this film remind one that hate and anger may motivate and protect, but if not released eventually kills the spirit.

Final Verdit: The 1991 film may have been more faithful to the comics, but this one is more energizing, has pound-for-pound more spirit from all involved and is just plain more fun. Ought to be released on DVD along with the original, if only for historical purpose.

My Rating: 6/10

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