Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

Warner Bros | Release Date: July 24, 1987

2.9	USER SCORE Generally unfavorable reviews based on 137 Ratings

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J24O1Jun 13, 2013

It came to a stage in these movie's were Christopher Reeve started carrying the movie's on his shoulder's they faded and this sequel is no different. The story dragged from start to finish it. It wasn't fair after Superman: The Movie theIt came to a stage in these movie's were Christopher Reeve started carrying the movie's on his shoulder's they faded and this sequel is no different. The story dragged from start to finish it. It wasn't fair after Superman: The Movie the character got dragged through three director's and it went into a downward spiral. As a fan of the character you let certain thing's slip in the movie. The flying sequences were poor, the villain was poor and it wasn't a very good movie.… Expand

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marcmyworksJan 22, 2014

As a kid this was my favourite Superman film, but in retrospect it is a giant mess of a movie. I am surprised that it was released in theatres as its low budget and cheap effects were clearly made for straight to video.

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SonicHD7May 31, 2017

Seeing the United States and the Soviet Union engaged in a nuclear arms race that could lead to Earth's destruction, Superman (Christopher Reeve) decides that he must take action. He collects all the nuclear warheads from the world and throwsSeeing the United States and the Soviet Union engaged in a nuclear arms race that could lead to Earth's destruction, Superman (Christopher Reeve) decides that he must take action. He collects all the nuclear warheads from the world and throws them into space. Meanwhile, Superman's nemesis, Lex Luthor (Gene Hackman), has broken out of prison with a new scheme. He clones Superman with radioactive material to create Nuclear Man (Mark Pillow), a being just as powerful as the man of steel.… Expand

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infraReconJun 4, 2023

This is the film they showed the most on my local television broadcast back in the day. Why, well a few reasons:

It's short. It has actors in the scenes. It's short. It has action scenes. It's short. It doesn't make sense in any order youThis is the film they showed the most on my local television broadcast back in the day. Why, well a few reasons:

It's short.
It has actors in the scenes.
It's short.
It has action scenes.
It's short.
It doesn't make sense in any order you put the film in.
It is edited together incredibly poorly.
The main Vilian Sucks.
Superman is an Idiot now and does weird things.
It's Cheap.
It looks like dog doo doo.
I can go on...

I don't like this film, I like the Idea but everything in this film is just made badly. It was clearly made very cheaply like the money made from Superman III couldn't push it even to quality standards at the time.

The only thing I like is maybe Clarks Date, and I don't know what happened to Miss Lane but it looks like she's been in a terrible accident.

I don't know about the actual actors' health at the time but sheesh she looked bad in this film.

Superman IV: The Quest for More Budget, I think WB at that point should have just cut their losses after Superman III, because everything that happens in here almost wipes the slate clean from the previous film.

Is this a bad film overall? Yes, it's clear as day.
Is it entertaining? A little bit.

4/10 it's missing a lot of what made the previous films enjoyable, it doesn't take its time, scenes are cut very poorly, and Characters are just doing things that have no representation in the actual plot. The first half of the movie is completely Pointless, Completely.

Luckily this is the last Superman film with Christopher Reeves. Thank you for being a really cool Superman and Showing a Side of Superman that most people would relate to, also I like this version of Clark Kent, the clumsy, goody guy is a great personality.

Well, that's It, that's all the Superman Films....Until Superman Returns.… Expand

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alerikandersonApr 24, 2023

For me, Superman 4 isn't as bad as I remember and it was VERY cheap, but was trying to show the love for the first 2 Superman movies

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