Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

Superhero Captain America battles the evil forces of the archvillain called The Scarab, who poisons his enemies and steals a secret device capable of destroying buildings by sound vibrations. This 1944 Captain America film although good looking for it's time is very unfaithful to the source material and dare i say even pretty bland and boring? The villains of the film were just paper thin written and only there for Captain America to fight them plus the biggest downgrade of all? Captain America doesn't have his iconic shield which was pretty freaking stupid i mean think of Wolverine for example without his claws it just takes the cool thing out of the character and makes him ordinary. (5/10)

It's like I was watching Batman from 1943. all over again, only with lame version of Captain America instead of Batman in leading role. Literally nothing new in it. Exactly the same pattern with minor details changed. Captain America is normally less fun than Batman, and here they destroyed him to such extension that it's beyond any comparison. Very disappointing.

*Spoiler/plot- Captain America, 1944. A major American city is plagued by a crime wave. And it's up to the city attorney to become a crime fighter.*Special Stars- Dick Purcell, Lorna Gray, John Hamilton, Lionel Atwill.*Theme- When the city has a crime wave hit, unknown crime fighters rise to combat it.*Trivia/location/goofs- B & W, 12 part theatrical weekly serials. You will notice that the lead role is not a super hero, just a city attorney civil servant that rides a Harley Davison motorbike.*Emotion- Full of action and enjoyable in it's many part theatrical serial of the era.*Based On- VERY loosely based on the Marvel comic character.

This serial isn't exactly what fans of the Captain America comic book character might expect. Here's the "bad" news: The hero in this serial isn't the same Captain America as in the comic books. This hero is called Captain America and wears a costume close to the one in the comics, but that's where the similarities end. This guy isn't Steve Rogers. He doesn't have a special shield and instead he just uses a gun!Now here's the good news: This isn't bad! There's plenty of fun stuff in this one for serial fans. Some have commented on Dick Purcell's "pudgy" physique, but he still makes a fine 1940's serial hero whose quick on the trigger. I wouldn't mess with the guy. Purcell's Captain America is far more lethal than his comic book counterpart and he has no problem pulling a gun and sending his enemies to their graves. Purcell's Captain is one deadly superhero. His Captain America kills four different guys in just the first 15 minutes of the serial! The Captain's gal pal Gail Richards (who is very cute) also packs a pistol and knows how to use it!The silly: There are always silly elements of comic book movies and my favorite bit of silliness in this serial is "the vibrator". The bad guys really want to get their hands on a brilliant scientist's "vibrator". At one point the scientists actually asks the chief villain "What do you know about my vibrator?"!LOL! The verdict: Captain America is an extremely entertaining serial with plenty of enjoyable moments. This Captain America is a different guy from the comic version, but he's more of a straight shooting vigilante and I liked Purcell's Captain's style. This is fun stuff! It's a blast of entertaining escapism and I enjoyed every second of it. Captain America isn't the best serial you'll ever see, but that's part of it's charm. I give Captain America an A+ for being topnotch fun.