Review of Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) by Alex R — 09 Feb 2013

While the first couple of Superman entries were something very entertaining and fun, this fourth film is basically an awful mess from start to finish. The filmmakers should have called it quits after the third film.

I really can't see why this film made as it fails to capture anything that made the first two films great. Acting wise, the cast seem bored and there is no standout performance here. Christopher Reeve should have hung his cape and called it a day.

However they had to eke out a fourth film, and in turn it was a tired, lazy affair that simply doesn't pay off for the audience looking for something wonderful to watch. Director Sidney J. Furie directs this failure and it should be no surprise at the result because Furie is an incompetent director who can't seem to direct an entertaining film.

Don't expect anything with this fourth film as it scrapes the bottom of the barrel of ideas. There's nothing interesting going on on-screen and the cast simply don't deliver. Usually in a franchise, a fourth entry will show its lazy qualities and lack in terms of original ideas.

That is very much the case with Superman IV. If you love Superman check out the first two films and give the third one a view, but don't expect anything as good as the first two. With this one, expect a crap fest that is sure to disappoint and one that just doesn't have any redeeming factors whatsoever.

I hated this film, and think it should never have been made. The only good thing about this film is that it is the last in a series that was once great, but that with every film the studio made, the ideas would start to feel strained, and that simply made the series a tad too silly.

A big disappointment.