Superman II

Another good one in the Superman franchise. The quality has been kept high, and the morals of the hero have not been compromised by the scriptwriters.

Superman saves Paris from bomb, bomb shockwaves free evil trio, trio come to Earth, havoc.

Much better than the original sequel which had plenty of problems off camera but still comes across as a very entertaining superhero action film.

Christopher Reeve and Margot Kidder return as Superman and Lois Lane respectively and the addition of Terence Stamp’s wonderfully camp General Zod and his sidekicks Sarah Douglas and Jack O’Halloran.

There’s still a fair amount of cheese in the whole thing but the story and action flow better and the music (although taken over by Ken Thorne) is still epic.

Once again mild-mannered reporter Clark Kent (Christopher Reeve), hiding his identity as Superman, must fight for law and order. This time around, a triumvirate of nasty villains from the planet Krypton break free of their dimensional prison and hightail it to Earth, where they enjoy the same superpowers as Superman. Meanwhile, Lois Lane (Margot Kidder) has discovered that Superman and Clark are the same person, so Superman debates whether to give up his abilities to become a normal man and share his life with Lois. Richard Lester (A HARD DAY'S NIGHT) takes the helm for this sequel, which is arguably the equal of the original hit film.

This is a classic movie and so very little can be said that has not been said already.

However when I learned that there were two Yes that's right two versions of this film I was keen to see it. The Hollywood story is that Richard Donner was making the first two movies back to back but the studio did not like the final cut of the second movie and so they got Richard Lester who was a stage hand to finish it off.

It is Lesters film that made the final cut and Donners that's very few know about.

In recent years the Superman franchise has got hot again with X Men Director Brian Singer breathing new life into it again. So when I received a copy I was keen to see the difference to the two movies. To my surprise I found that I was unable to watch it on my blue ray player as the film copy was only in HD DVD can someone please explain to me the difference do I need a new blue ray

This is a classic. I have always loved Superman II and felt this was the best one. The script, characters and effects are so natural they are faultless. This was just ahead of its time. I am sure most of you have seen this but just in case you have not I will not say anymore as I do not want to spoil it for you!

Given the problems this film had during it's production phase,it's a minor miracle that it exists at all and yet it still manages to be a superior piece of comic book entertainment with many fun performances.Christopher Reeve and Margot Kidder retain the chemistry from the first film and although this film is part directed by two different film makers (Donner & Lester) it still hangs together well with some touching moments and light comic strokes.The true joy of '2' though comes from the Kryptonian villians Zod,Non and Ursa.The threat they represent is a breath of fresh air from the usual Kryptonite woes suffered by Supes, a lesson that Bryan Singer should have surely heeded for his beautiful yet badly recieved epic tribute,Superman Returns. All five stars from me.