The movie isn't merely wrong for kids -- it's just all wrong.

Salinger has some good moments dealing with the cultural shock of his Rip Van Winkle reawakening, but film never takes flight under Albert Pyun's leaden direction.

Albert Pyun’s intended cut, with a haunting Tangerine Dream-like score, traumatizing violence, and eulogies for the failed promise of the Baby Boomers, feels like a relic from when Hollywood’s power fantasies didn’t mostly focus on the already powerful.

A Captain America film that relies on no wisecracks is enough of a contrast to be worth seeking out.