Superman IV - The Quest for Peace (Deluxe Edition)
by Sidney J. Furie
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Actor: Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Jackie Cooper, Marc Mc Clure, Margot KidderDirector: Sidney J. Furie
Brand: Warner Brothers
Other Contributor: John Williams
Producer: Menahem Golan
Producer: Yoram Globus
Writer: Lawrence Konner
Writer: Mark Rosenthal
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Unknown; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Unknown; Italian (Original Language); Russian (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: Widescreen, 2.35:1
Running Time: 90 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-11-28
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Model: 87002
Studio: Warner Home Video
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- Christopher Reeve not only dons the title hero's cape for the fourth time but also helped develop the movie's provocative theme: nuclear disarmament. "For me, it's the most personal of the entire series," Reeve said. "It directly reflects what Superman should be, and should be doing." Superman does a lot this time around. To make the world safe for nuclear arms merchants, Lex Luthor (Gene Hackman)
DVD Reviews of Superman IV - The Quest for Peace (Deluxe Edition)
DVD Review: The end of an era
Summary: 3 Stars
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace was the end of an era this was the last time Christopher Reeve would play the title role and after this Superman would be long gone movie wise until Superman Returns. I know a lot of people were disappointed by Superman III and I totally understand why, but even with the flaws I have to say I really enjoyed the movie. The Quest for Peace was the movie to get the series back on track.
But instead of fixing the series it just further buried it and was the end of an era. The idea behind Superman IV was very political, which might turn some people off. I don't mind a political message in film, but when it's too much agree or not it can be annoying. I personally didn't mind the highly driven political story and the plot to Superman IV, while not the greatest plot it was good enough, but everything was poorly done. I'm a fan of Cannon Pictures, but here they just went over their heads.
The F/X was quite weak, which were in thanks to the budget cuts. Superman & Superman II (both Donner & Lester) had great F/X for their time and while of course they are now dated a lot of the F/X still looks fairly decent today. Superman III was mixed on that but in the end the F/X were pretty good, but Superman IV by far had the weakest F/X. Superman IV had mostly poor F/X while there are some decent ones as a whole it cannot compare to the first 2 and even the 3rd. But the budget for Superman IV was cut in half, so due to that is the reason why the F/X came out the way they did.
The screenplay by Lawrence Konner & Mark Rosenthal, which was based off a story by both of them as well as Christopher Reeve, was very flawed. The concept was pretty good, but the execution of the screenplay just didn't seem to work. Konner & Rosenthal do a good job at keeping the characters true to the previous 3, but many of their scenes just don't seem to work quite well and their script while not the worst just falls a bit flat.
Sidney J. Furie steps into the director's chair for Superman IV and as a director he left a lot to be desired. Originally the producers tried to get back Richard Donner or Richard Lester but both ended up passing. Despite some flaws in the screenplay, Sidney J. Furie could have saved Superman IV, but instead he just helps make a little more of a mess. The comedy aspect is very much toned down. Richard Lester went for comedy in his version of Superman II and went for it even more in Superman III.
Furie goes back and does it more Richard Donner style, with some comedy, but not to where it goes from an action flick to a comedy. As much as I enjoyed both of the Lester Superman movies I am glad Furie toned down the comedy. But besides that his vision of Superman just doesn't seem to work. His scenes just pretty much fall flat. The one thing I can say is despite the flaws of Superman IV there is enough action to keep the movie from being boring. Sidney J. Furie doesn't totally fail as a director he does have his moments, but when all is said and done his scenes just don't work for the most part.
The double date scene could have been a classic, but was poorly handled. The scene had Mariel Hemingway as Lacy Warfield on a date with Clark Kent, while Lois Lane had a date with Superman. All 4 were to be at Lacy's house for dinner. While the scene does provide a few laughs it really isn't played out to its full potential, which actually is the problem for the whole movie.
What saves this movie and keeps it some what interesting is the cast. Christopher Reeve is still giving it his all as Clark Kent/Superman. He gives yet another brilliant performance. No matter who played the role before and no matter who plays it after Christopher Reeve will always be Superman to me. Margot Kidder makes her return to the series after only appearing in about 5-min of Superman III. Kidder again gives a solid performance and while her scenes work quite well with Reeve the idea is starting to get old. But both actors make it work for the most part even if the Clark/Lois plot is growing quite stale.
It was fun seeing Gene Hackman back as Lex Luthor, the previous movie he wasn't in, but the villain in Superman III was a Luthor clone. Hackman again in a blast to watch; despite not having the most solid of material he plays it off well.
Mariel Hemingway was a solid addition to the cast, but what I hated is there is some focus on Lacy and Clark and the possible relationship goes nowhere. Superman III suffered from the same problem with Lana & Clark. It was built up in the first half just for it to go nowhere and Lana to be pretty much MIA in the 2nd half. Lacy doesn't totally disappear, but the possible romance between Lacy & Clark goes nowhere. In fairness Clark didn't seem all that interested, but everything just ends with no closure, there was a deleted scene, which wraps the plot up. Though I don't understand why it wasn't used?
Jon Cryer was just annoying in Superman IV, while I'm not the biggest fan of his he has done some solid work and can be quite funny, but here I just wanted to strangle him. Mark Pillow as Nuclear Man made for a fairly decent villain, but the character never seems to totally work and is quite forgettable.
I personally don't think Superman IV: The Quest for Peace is as bad as some of the reviews are making it out to be. It is indeed a big drop off from the previous 3, the first 2 in particular. Superman IV does sort of walk the line of so bad its good. With all that said while Superman IV is a very flawed film with some decent ideas that just don't seem to work, but I kind of enjoyed it for what it was worth.
Superman IV is by far the weakest of the Superman series with Christopher Reeve, but I still enjoyed it more than Superman Returns. Again it is a big drop off from the previous movies in the series, but when all is said and done Superman IV does make for an entertaining watch. I guess it can be put in the guilty pleasure category.
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