1987 · action · adventure · sci-fi
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Directed by Sidney J. Furie1h 30m1987
With global superpowers engaged in an increasingly hostile arms race, Superman leads a crusade to rid the world of nuclear weapons. But Lex Luthor, recently sprung from jail, is declaring war on the Man of Steel and his quest to save the planet. Using a strand of Superman's hair, Luthor synthesizes a powerful ally known as Nuclear Man and ignites an epic battle spanning Earth and space.
Our read: Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) reads as a sombre, breathless, inventive action · adventure · sci-fi entry — extreme in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, breathless, extreme action / adventure, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, epic, measured.
- sombre
- kinetic
- extreme
- inventive
- epic-stakes
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“You want earnest Reagan-era superhero camp with nuclear-age sincerity and zero irony required.”
Skip it tonight — Cheesy effects and preachy peace politics will pull you out every scene.
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