Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

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Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

PG

1987

1h 30m

Adventure

Sci-Fi

Fantasy

Action

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Seeing the United States and the Soviet Union engaged in a nuclear arms race that could lead to Earth's destruction, Superman (Christopher Reeve) decides that he must take action. He collects all the nuclear warheads from the world and throws them into space. Meanwhile, Superman's nemesis, Lex Luthor (Gene Hackman), has broken out of prison with a new scheme. He clones Superman with radioactive material to create Nuclear Man (Mark Pillow), a being just as powerful as the man of steel.

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Critics Consensus

The Superman series bottoms with The Quest for Peace -- the action is boring, the special effects look cheaper, and none of the actors appear interested in where the plot's going.

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Joe Kane

New York Daily News

While the FX are pretty cheesy... Superman IV supplies enough B-movie fun to make a bijou visit worthwhile.

Sep 12, 2025

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Juliann Garey

Village Voice

Superman IV seems like a sloppy, low-budget echo of the original.

Jul 3, 2025

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Jami Bernard

New York Post

It's lazy, muddled, ambivalent, almost uneventful.

Jul 3, 2025

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Nanciann Cherry

Toledo Blade

Everything about it is tired.

Aug 14, 2025

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Alan Ng

Film Threat

What could have been a thoughtful sendoff for Reeve’s Superman instead became a lightweight adventure with goofy villains, recycled love stories, and a heavy-handed message that gets lost somewhere between Earth and the sun.

Rated: 4/10

Jul 8, 2025

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Anne Billson

Monthly Film Bulletin

The story suffers from a fatal lack of narrative structure, degenerating into a series of virtually disconnected sketches.

Jul 3, 2025

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Sara W

Peak idk what do yall mean its 1987 what did u expect christopher reeve is the goat yall be trippin

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/11/25

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Dan S.

Worth just for the history of it all, but not a great movie lol

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

09/07/25

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Derrick Y

This is a horrible movie! Nowhere near on the level of any pervious Superman movie! It reminds of Mannix, he was always getting his rear handed to him too!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

08/17/25

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Noah S.

I actually like the concept of Superman getting rid of all nuclear weapons, but that was pretty much the only legitimate part of the film. I’m sorry, I love you Superman, but this wasn’t it.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

08/14/25

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thiago s

Filme mais ou menos, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são mais ou menos, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

08/10/25

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Corey J

This was horrendous. You could tell they ran out of money making this film because the effects even for the 1980s made it feel like a B-movie. There were confusing continuity errors, terrible acting, and plot points that just didn't need to be included even in the shortest of the Reeves Superman movies.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

08/04/25

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Seeing the United States and the Soviet Union engaged in a nuclear arms race that could lead to Earth's destruction, Superman (Christopher Reeve) decides that he must take action. He collects all the nuclear warheads from the world and throws them into space. Meanwhile, Superman's nemesis, Lex Luthor (Gene Hackman), has broken out of prison with a new scheme. He clones Superman with radioactive material to create Nuclear Man (Mark Pillow), a being just as powerful as the man of steel.

Director: Sidney J. Furie
Producer: Yoram Globus, Menahem Golan
Screenwriter: Lawrence Konner, Christopher Reeve
Production Co: Warner Bros., Cannon Films
Rating: PG
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 15, 2008
Box Office (Gross USA): $14.9M
Runtime: 1h 30m
Sound Mix: Surround

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