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... [More]
Starring: Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Jackie Cooper, Marc McClure
Director: Sidney J. Furie
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Reviews for Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
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The special effects are decidedly on the cheap side. Full Review |
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By ordinary movie standards it's awful, but fans of cinematic dementia should have fun for about half an hour. Full Review |
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Disappointing to say the least, but at least it doesn't have Richard Pryor this time as its star.
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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. Full Review |
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...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. Full Review |
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About as dreary as a summit conference in Belgium. Full Review |
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1/5 |
Avoid! Full Review |
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1/5 |
That this movie is how the Superman movie legacy ended would be a depressing thought if the movie weren’t so endlessly hilarious. Full Review |
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2/5 |
Great cast, terrible premise, done ultra-cheap. Sad Supes had to go out like this.
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The Superman series gets more and more whimsically outrageous as it goes along. Full Review |
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1/5 |
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.
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Godawful, pointless, preachy sequel.
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Quickly followed by Superman V: The Need to Explain What The Hell We Were Thinking.
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