Monday, August 28, 2017

Superman IV: Quest for Peace (1987)

How bad is it? Ban enough it ended a very profitable series.
Should you see it? If you haven't already, it's watchable, so yes.


The third installment of this series was disappointing, as it tried for humor and didn't work well. This time, there's still some failed humor, but the biggest problem is that the franchise went to Golan-Globus, maker of cheap films and the sudden drop in budget is obvious, with cheesy sets and effects. Christopher Reeve not only stars again, but he also is credited for the story idea - and it's a bad idea: Superman tries to rid the world of nuclear weapons, going against governments. Lux Luthor is back. There's a clone of Superman made from a strand of hair that becomes the evil Nuclear Man. The plot has more holes than a screen door. My eyes glazed over before the end.

3 comments:

  1. It's only watchable if you like seeing how bad it is.

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  2. It's not good, but considering what else I cover here...

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  3. This was kind of an important movie for me as a kid. It's the first time I remember realizing that something that looked like it should be right up my alley could, in fact, be very, very bad.

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