Sometimes it’s best to leave well enough alone.
I recall being pretty enthusiastic about Albert Pyun‘s Captain America film way back in 1990, produced hot on the heels of Warner‘s hit Batman and riding a wave of superhero-film excitement. I was enthusiastic, that is, until I sat through a screening of it. Urgh. What a low-budget turd. This is a film so bad that no creative editing, no CGI enhancements could possibly improve it. But that’s not what Pyun thinks. According to io9, the director is preparing a brand new Director’s Cut of the film, based on “my own 35 mm CA work picture and temp mix [that] I did before I left [the] picture.” And lucky for us, this new cut of the film will be on Blu-ray in May, just in time to take advantage of Marvel‘s upcoming Captain America: The First Avenger flik due in theatres this summer.
Captain America: The Director’s Cut will run 124 minutes (up from the already painful original 97 minute runtime) and sport a new 5.1 digital surround track. The film will feature “a few added scenes, and is more character-oriented and less ‘super hero action.’” Because clearly that’s what will make it more enjoyable – more scenes of old man co-stars Ronny Cox and Ned Beatty sitting down for a heart-to-heart with the dry-as-a-cracker man-in-tights, Matt Salinger.
No further details have been revealed about the Blu-ray release but I’m praying for a director’s commentary to shed some light on just what the hell Pyun was smoking when he put this film together.
Hi! Has the Captain America director’s cut blu-ray been released yet? Where and how do I buy a copy?