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Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
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Reviews Counted:27
Fresh:3
Rotten:24
Average Rating:3/10
Consensus: The Superman series bottoms out here: the action is boring, the special effects look cheaper, and none of the actors appear interested with where the plot's going.
Runtime: 90 mins
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Synopsis: Superman has recognized at last the greatest threat to humanity, and he is out to rid the world of nuclear weapons. But Lex Luthor, now a nuclear arms entrepreneur, creates Nuclear Man--a... Superman has recognized at last the greatest threat to humanity, and he is out to rid the world of nuclear weapons. But Lex Luthor, now a nuclear arms entrepreneur, creates Nuclear Man--a solar-powered Kryptonia Android and genetic clone whose powers equal (and potentially surpass) those of Superman--to rid the world of the Man of Steel. Christopher Reeve once again dons the Superman costume, this time for director Sidney J. Furie (LADY SINGS THE BLUES), receiving wonderful support from regulars Margot Kidder, Gene Hackman, and Jackie Cooper in addition to newcomers Mariel Hemingway and Jon Cryer. [More]
Starring: Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Jackie Cooper, Marc McClure
Starring: Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Jackie Cooper, Marc McClure, Jon Cryer, Sam Wanamaker, Mark Pillow, Mariel Hemingway, Margot Kidder
Director: Sidney J. Furie
Director: Sidney J. Furie
Screenwriter: Lawrence Konner, Mark Rosenthal
Composer: John Williams
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Reviews for Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
By ordinary movie standards it's awful, but fans of cinematic dementia should have fun for about half an hour.
Disappointing to say the least, but at least it doesn't have Richard Pryor this time as its star.
The cut-rate production resulted in what Reeve termed "catastrophe" for a film intended to marry a serious message to the series' signature action, humor, and romance.
...this final sigh of a movie manages to send the series out with a feeble yet breathing dignity. It's bad, but it's better than III in that it does try to rise above itself.
That this movie is how the Superman movie legacy ended would be a depressing thought if the movie weren’t so endlessly hilarious.
The Superman series gets more and more whimsically outrageous as it goes along.
Should have been a quest for a better script. Ridiculous, tedious, and lifeless. Characters a shadow of their former selves. A sad note for the franchise to end on.
Quickly followed by Superman V: The Need to Explain What The Hell We Were Thinking.
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