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Superman II

Superman II (1980)

Action, Sci-Fi, Adventure | United States, UK, Canada, France

Director: Richard Lester

Sky Cinema Greats | 23/07/2024 | 08:15

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Rating: 6.8/10

User rating: 7.7/10
(47 votes)

SYNOPSIS

Picking up where "Superman: The Movie" left off, three criminals, General Zod (Terence Stamp), Ursa, (Sarah Douglas), and Non (Jack O'Halloran) from the planet Krypton are released from the Phantom Zone by a nuclear explosion in space. They descend upon Earth where they could finally rule. Superman, meanwhile, is in love with Lois Lane (Margot Kidder), who finds out who he really is. Lex Luthor (Gene Hackman) escapes from prison and is determined to destroy Superman by joining forces with the three criminals.

Actors

Writer: Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster

Producer: Alexander Salkind, Ilya Salkind

RUNTIME: 127 min

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This Superman movie has got to be the bench mark for future producers of Superman movies. They must be sat down with this film, because it is an absolute classic, and as far as Superman films go it will be hard to top.

Richard Lester is not very popular with some Superman fans because he took over on a movie that they feel would have been better had Richard Donner been allowed to complete. But Lester has his admirers, and I am one of them. The first Superman movie tended to go along with... (more)

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