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Release Date: 01 May, 2001 Retail Price: $19.96 OUR Price: $17.96 You SAVE: $2.00! Cast: Complete Cast (12 total) |
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Superman 4 - The Quest to Redeem the Franchise...
4 years after "Superman 3" completely ruined any credibility this franchise had with audiences and comic book fans alike, Warner Brothers tried to redeem themselves with the release of "Superman 4: The Quest for Peace". Supposedly, Christopher Reeve (Superman/Clark Kent in all four films) had a large part in the writing of this film as the subject of disarming the world's political superpowers of nuclear weapons was dear to his heart. Sadly, though this film was a marked improvement over anything contained within "Superman 3", it was not nearly as good as either of the first two in the series.
"Superman 4: The Quest for Peace" appears to ignore all of the events of "Superman 3" and finds Superman at odds with arch-nemesis, Lex Luthor yet again. Superman's main goal in this film is to help rid the world of nuclear weapons by hurling them into the sun. Lex Luthor sees this and chooses to make his own anti-Superman, by taking some of Superman's DNA and some specially made clothing material, attaching it to one of the nuclear missles and have Superman unknowingly launch it into the sun, creating Nuclear Man. Now Superman is in for the fight of his life to save all of humanity from Nuclear Man and Lex Luthor's evil.
"Superman 4: The Quest for Peace" as I said before is better than "Superman 3", it still suffers from several stupid plot points. The primary stupid plot point centers on Lex's plot to create Nuclear Man, how does sending some of Superman's DNA and some clothing material into the sun where nukes are being launched cause the creation of a super-villain. Also, how the heck does Superman rebuild a rock wall with some power from his eyes. This is not a power that Superman possesses, he has never had the ability to lift objects with lasers from his eyes.
To the film's credit, it was nice to see the original film's cast back together again, and Christopher Reeve and Gene Hackman seem to be enjoying themselves. A lacking story, with special effects that are worse than either of the first 2 films (supposedly the execs at Warner Bros. decided to cut the films budget during filming to shift the funds to another failed blockbuster of that year, "Masters of the Universe"), this caused many special effects shots to be reused in the film and the footage seemed out of place and washed out. Decent acting considering what the actors had to work with. Overall, an average adventure for the Man of Steel, that somewhat redeems the franchise but not enough to successfully revive it. This film coupled with "Superman 3" is the reason there hasn't been a Superman film made in almost twenty years, until Warner Bros. decided to enlist Bryan Singer to bring the hero back to life in "Superman Returns" debuting in 2006.
"Superman 4: The Quest for Peace" is rated PG for violence.
Not as bad as you remember
Looking back, now that Chris Reeve is no longer with us (soon to be joined, sadly, by his lovely Dana), it was easy to be cynical. The first two Superman films were perfect. After the stunning disappointment of Superman 3, people were a bit wary about giving their trust to a new Superman film.
I'll be the first to admit that Superman 4 is nowhere near as good as the first two, but it does have a powerful message about nuclear disarmament and world peace, a cause which Chris Reeve threw himself into wholeheartedly.
So before dismissing the film completely, remember the life and dream of Chris Reeve, and continue the elusive quest for peace!
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