It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s Superman … again?! That’s right, the Man of Steel has been rebooted again, only this time, he’s part of a new universe, the DCU, and he actually resembles his comic book counterpart and inspiration. Thank James Gunn for that. The director embraces the character’s gee-whiz naivete and crafts a rousing, if still formulaic, comic book movie that doesn’t reinvent the wheel so much as it blasts some of the cobwebs off.
This time around, Superman (David Corenswet) has to battle something more fearsome than kryptonite — bad public opinion. The masses don’t trust Superman after they learn he was sent to Earth to conquer it and impregnate as many women as possible to propagate his alien race. They only know about this thanks to Lex Luthor (Nicholas Hoult), who wants to destroy Superman in any way he can.
That includes creating a new metahuman named Ultraman, who is just as powerful and indestructible as Supes. But that bad guy doesn’t have what Superman has — the love of Lois Lane (Rachel Brosnahan) and Krypto, the super-powered dog with an intimidating bite. Can Superman defeat the forces of evil, save Metropolis and have time to feed Krypto before his weekly date with Lois? You’ll have to stream the movie to find out.
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