The movie has been extremely popular among the people I know who have seen it. Even my wife Ash says she loved this movie. I thought it was above average though, not fantastic.

The parts that put me off were, too much romance for Superman in the movie and almost all the climax scenes being very predictable. Otherwise the movie has done a good job with the special effects, story and the new young Superman, Brandon Routh.
In some scenes where his face has been shown partially in the dark shadow, the shape of his face would remind the viewers of the original Superman, late Christopher Reeve.

The movie is a continuation, I guess, of the original Superman movie series. Superman suddenly returns after being gone for 5 years. The love of his life, Lois Lane now has a little boy and is seeing a successful editor in Daily Planet. She is upset with Superman for having left her without giving her a reason. Thats where all the drama and romance is going on (too cheesy for my liking in a super hero movie).

On the other hand Lex Luthor played by Kevin Spacey is devicing yet another plan to kill Superman and take over the world. So with the love of his life having moved on, Superman has to forget his grief and once again save the world and himself from Lex Luthor’s evil plan.

Can he succeed or is he overcome by Lex ? To see what happens in the end watch this classic superhero movie…SUPERMAN RETURNS.

My 3.5 / 5 stars for this one.