• Man of Steel (2013)

    With the imminent destruction of Krypton, their home planet, Jor-El (Russell Crowe) and his wife seek to preserve their race by sending their infant son to Earth. The child's spacecraft lands at the farm of Jonathan (Kevin Costner) and Martha (Diane Lane) Kent, who name him Clark and raise him as their own son. Though his extraordinary abilities have led to the adult Clark (Henry...

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Man of Steel
55
metacriticBased on 47 Critics
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Release Date: June 14th, 2013

DVD Release Date: November 12th, 2013

PG-13 |2 hr 23 min

Plot Summary

With the imminent destruction of Krypton, their home planet, Jor-El (Russell Crowe) and his wife seek to preserve their race by sending their infant son to Earth. The child's spacecraft lands at the farm of Jonathan (Kevin Costner) and Martha (Diane Lane) Kent, who name him Clark and raise him as their own son. Though his extraordinary abilities have led to the adult Clark (Henry Cavill) living on the fringe of society, he finds he must become a hero to save those he loves from a dire threat.

Cast: Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon, Diane Lane, Russell Crowe, Antje Traue, Harry Lennix, Richard Schiff

Director: Zack Snyder

Genres: Action , Science Fiction , Fantasy , Adventure

Production Co: Warner Bros., Syncopy

Distributors: Warner Bros. Pictures

Keywords: School, Sacrifice, 2010s, Growing up, Brooding, Small town

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  • 60
    NPR

    What it fails to supply much of — surprisingly, it must be said — is fun. This is serious business, Snyder seems always to be saying. This is badass. And given the sheer logistical size of the spectacle on display, it's a position that's hard to argue with. show more

  • 70
    Todd McCarthyThe Hollywood Reporter

    As much spectacle and action — minute-by-minute, frame-by-frame — as any movie anyone could think of. Zack Snyder’s huge, backstory-heavy extravaganza is a rehab job that perhaps didn’t cry out to be done but proves so overwhelmingly insistent in its size and strength that it’s hard not to give in. show more

  • 87
    Film.com

    If the word “epic” has lost its meaning in the throes of recent summers, Man of Steel forcefully redefines it. show more

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