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Man of Steel

Play trailer 3:01 Poster for Man of Steel PG-13 Released Jun 14, 2013 2h 23m Action Adventure Sci-Fi Fantasy Play Trailer Watchlist
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With the imminent destruction of Krypton, their home planet, Jor-El (Russell Crowe) and his wife seek to preserve their race by sending their infant son to Earth. The child's spacecraft lands at the farm of Jonathan (Kevin Costner) and Martha (Diane Lane) Kent, who name him Clark and raise him as their own son. Though his extraordinary abilities have led to the adult Clark (Henry Cavill) living on the fringe of society, he finds he must become a hero to save those he loves from a dire threat.
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Man of Steel's exhilarating action and spectacle can't fully overcome its detours into generic blockbuster territory.

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Jason Bailey Flavorwire Snyder is an adrenaline junkie forever jonesing for a fix; he does less building to the action beats than backing each one into the next. Jun 21, 2016 Full Review Chris Stuckmann ChrisStuckmann.com Clark's multiple father-and-son tales are beautifully realized and it's a very fun movie to watch. However, the romance is shallow. Rated: B+ Apr 23, 2015 Full Review Matt Singer The Dissolve A gritty, realistic story shot by a director whose instincts constantly push him away from grit and realism, and into flash and fantasy. Rated: 2/5 Jun 26, 2014 Full Review Sebastian Zavala Kahn Me gusta el cine An experience that is both fascinating and frustrating; intellectually stimulating (at times) and visually stunning, yes, but also messy and sometimes poorly conceived. [Full review in Spanish]. Rated: 3.5/5 Jul 8, 2025 Full Review Tania Hussain The Hudsucker Man of Steel is a genre story without the cartoon-like elements seen in past superhero films, presenting a gritty, torment-ridden reboot of the character’s origin story with intense emotional genuineness. Jul 28, 2024 Full Review Patrick Cavanaugh The Wolfman Cometh While it might set itself apart from many superhero movies that came before it, it seems to do so arbitrarily as opposed to exploring those ideas in any organic way. Rated: 2/5 Sep 20, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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mah4283 the movie was great but I hate the subtitle machine we need the glasses back not that cup holder thing Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/09/24 Full Review Luiz Cesar H O filme é bom, seria melhor se não tivesse a cena patetica da morte do superman. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 07/18/25 Full Review VISHESH G THE MOVIE WAS GREAT . FIGHT SCENE SEEMS SO SATISFYING TO WATCH FEELS LIKE A REAL MAN OF STEEL . THE TONE WAS DARK WHICH SUPERMAN MOVIE IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE FEELS LIKE A BATMAN. BUT THE EXPERIENCE WAS GOOD. DEFINETLY WORTH A WATCH Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/18/25 Full Review Hiếu P After watching the new Superman, i still appreciate the direction of this Superman more. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 07/18/25 Full Review Some Dude qui aime d It’s alright. The dark tone is done well, with a lot of good action and fighting sequences. Some of supermans origin is dumb like when his dad is like no don’t save me even though you can like lol. But it was alright nothing super memorable and not a movie I’m eager to rewatch but I say watch it and see what you think. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 07/18/25 Full Review Diego P Very nostalgic, I remember seeing it with my dad at the time, but other than that, Henry Cavill is the best thing about the movie. He's a good actor, but the character he plays, that... 'Superman?'... is... terrible, he doesn't connect with humanity, he doesn't love it. Maybe he has people who love it, but humanity... No... That's not Superman, he doesn't transmit hope, he's very dark and sad... which is weird, Superman sometimes transmits powerlessness but hopelessness... that's the direct opposite. I don't care about killing, despite what others say. Superman has always killed if his rival deserves it and can't be locked up or reformed. An example is Joker, whom Superman doesn't play with in the comics, and if he gets close to Metropolis, he is warned with death. And Lex is reformed, who in many comics Superman reforms and ends up helping humanity. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 07/18/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis With the imminent destruction of Krypton, their home planet, Jor-El (Russell Crowe) and his wife seek to preserve their race by sending their infant son to Earth. The child's spacecraft lands at the farm of Jonathan (Kevin Costner) and Martha (Diane Lane) Kent, who name him Clark and raise him as their own son. Though his extraordinary abilities have led to the adult Clark (Henry Cavill) living on the fringe of society, he finds he must become a hero to save those he loves from a dire threat.
Director
Zack Snyder
Producer
Charles Roven, Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas, Deborah Snyder
Screenwriter
David S. Goyer
Distributor
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co
Warner Bros., Syncopy
Rating
PG-13 (Intense Seq. of Destruction|Intense Sci-Fi Action/Violence|Some Language)
Genre
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Fantasy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 14, 2013, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 8, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA)
$291.0M
Runtime
2h 23m
Sound Mix
Dolby Atmos, Dolby Digital, SDDS, Datasat
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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