Christopher Reeve, Damien McLawhorn, Don Fellows

The Man of Steel crusades for nuclear disarmament and meets Lex Luthor's latest creation, Nuclear Man

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PG, 90 min.

Directed by: Sidney J. Furie

Release Date: July 24, 1987

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DVD Release Date: May 1, 2001

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  • October 31, 2007
    Don't be put off by the shoddy visual effects. Enjoy it for the entertainment value.
  • September 3, 2009
    Ok, its not great but it has Christopher Reeve in it as Superman. Thats enough for me :o)
  • December 27, 2008
    Did you see Superman III? If you thought that movie was terrible then just wait until you see Superman IV: The Quest For Peace. You'll believe a man can fly in front of a blue screen with shoddy special effects work and a script that should have been used to wipe someone's ass.
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    Superman IV is a shake your finger tale about the dangers of nuclear holocaust. This isn't Dr. Strangelove kids, that movie was actually good. This is a huge heaping pile of mess that can't even be saved by the return of Gene Hackman. Why in the hell did Gene Hackman do this piece of dung!? The same reason Michael Caine did Jaws: The Revenge: Cash. This is the film where we learn that kryptonite and a well manicured set of nuclear fingernails can destroy Superman and that he can lay bricks with his own eyes and apparently Mariel Hemingway is super human and can function in space sans suit.

    This is a film where one star doesn't say how utterly terrible it is. I want a steaming turd icon for this film. It's no wonder it took 20 years to do another one. With lines like "He'll be alright, he needs a doctor." Superman IV ranks right up there as one of the greatest craptraps ever created.
  • October 23, 2007
    Terrible! SFX were hopelessly bad. Who wrote the script? Shoot them please!
  • September 28, 2007
    It's incredably sad to see Christopher Reeve try so hard at having a movie fail so badily. Just face it at this point he was the only one who really tried
  • November 18, 2009
    lmao i saw the nostalgia critic review this, i dont need to see the whole movie to know its crap
  • November 2, 2009
    I loved this movie, it had someone better than Lex and yes even if he is in it, it gave superman someone else to fight that made it somewhat of an even match.
  • October 31, 2009
    I like this Superman film. Sure its not as good as Superman and Superman II. But this was much better than Superman III. And I'm glad Lex Luthor was back as the villian and they gave Superman a challenge with his clone. Christopher Reeve is again awesome as Superman and carries ...( read more)the entire film. This movie gets listed as the worst of the entire Christopher Reeve Superman films. But as a Superman fan I enjoyed this movie and still do today. Worth a watch for those hardcore Superman and Christopher Reeve fans.
  • October 29, 2009
    Does anyone even remember watching this?
  • October 9, 2009
    GAAWD Christopher Reeve will always stay my Childhood SuperHero. The first time I watched Superman and Reeve became my Childhood SuperHero. I was so Glad to see him in the Series SmallVille.
    What a shame they changed Supermans Background everytime they made new Superman Movie
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