| Superman IV - The Quest for Peace (Deluxe Edition) | 
| Director: Sidney J. Furie
Actors: Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Jackie Cooper, Marc Mcclure, Jon Cryer
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (155 reviews)
Sales Rank: 15310
Format: Ac-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Italian (Original Language), Russian (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 90 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: WARD87002D
UPC: 012569870024
EAN: 0012569870024
ASIN: B000IJ79XE
Release Date: November 28, 2006
Theatrical Release Date: July 24, 1987
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Description
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) creates a new being to challenge the Man of Steel: the radiation-charged Nuclear Man (Mark Pillow). The two foes clash in an explosive extravaganza that sees Superman save the Statue of Liberty, plug a volcanic eruption of Mount Etna and rebuild the demolished Great Wall of China. Your quest for excitement is over!
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The law of diminishing returns: It's the law--obey it! Someone should have posted that sign on the set of this, the third sequel to the film based on the DC Comics superhero. The "IV" in the title refers to medical supplies needed to resuscitate this anemic retread. This one reportedly was a pet project of actor Christopher Reeve, whose career seemed to flounder whenever he tried a role minus the blue underwear and red cape. Before agreeing to don the suit one more time, he insisted on a script that preached nuclear disarmament. So, in this film, Superman rounds up all the missiles and warheads and flings them into outer space. Which still leaves him to contend with Lex Luthor, who has a secret weapon: Nuclear Man. Yawn. Having pushed the envelope of special effects in the first film, it seemed as if the filmmakers simply stopped trying with this one. --Marshall Fine
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 superman 4 November 5, 2008
i've enjoyed it very much; it was better than III. a lot of crucial scenes were cut out in 4. i hope they'll release a special edition in the future. i still want to see those scenes placed into the movie. there were a lot of flying sequences that were nice. Superman the movie 1978 will be 30 years old. enjoy. i still miss c. reeve.
 The Quest for Peace August 21, 2008
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace is a decent film that has good morals to its story. Unfortunately, the Golan-Globus decided to cut back on just about every thing and doomed Superman IV to a bad box office take making it the lowest grossing Superman film in the Christopher Reeve franchise.
Gene Hackman returns with his newest creation Nuclear Man. Personally I thought the character of Nuclear Man was good. Had more money been available they would have been able to do more with the character.
Christopher Reeve co-writes this film and in my opinion does a decent job on where he wanted this film to go. But you can't get past the fact that the original cut of the film was 138-Min and was edited down to a theatrical/home video/dvd release of 89-Min.
This DVD edition offers some great extras, the best being the deleted scenes which are 30-Mins!!!!! in length. This will give you a better idea as to what the original version of the film would have looked like. But there are still about 15-20-Mins of deleted scenes out there. Hopefully one day some one will do with Superman IV what was done with Superman II and we will get a Superman IV: The Quest for Peace - Extended Edition.
Christopher Reeve gives a great performance and makes Superman IV a good addition to your Superman library.
Great but Missing Something August 20, 2008
I found Superman IV an improvement over Superman III. In 3, it's pretty much about Pryor's character than Reeve (don't get me wrong though, he did a great job). But the character just punches a few buttons when he's training and voila! He finds a hidden talent. That's not normal, you either know you have it or you don't. I found Superman's Great Wall of China Vision more believable. The one thing that should've been apart of the story is the paranoia of a god-like character being pretty much in control of the world. A being takes and destroys all of our nuclear weapons and nobody questions his authority? I don't think so. If they had went in that direction, along with Luthor introducing Nuclear Man, I think it would've made a better story. This way, Superman would have to regain the public's opinion of him, sort of like the series finale of the 90s animated series.
 Sad ending to the Reeve Superman August 9, 2008
I think the most frustrating thing about this movie is that it could have been so much better. If you look at the movie in the context of the time in which it was created, late 80's when their really was a nuclear arms race, this movie could have really done a lot to help children understand the desperate need to handle this nuclear problem. Instead all Writers for this movie could come up with was, "lets have every country that has nuclear weapons shoot them into the air so Superman can get them and throw them into the sun."
As usual I did like the cast which is what saved the movie from 1 star. Gene Hackman was great as Luthor, Christopher REeve is Superman! I love his portrayal of Clark. Mariel Hemingway makes a great female lead in this movie. I wish that she had been cast Lois instead of Kidder.
Unless you just have to complete the Superman series in your collection I would leave this Superman alone.
Enough already. . . July 17, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
SUPERMAN 4, THE QUEST FOR PEACE wasn't a bad idea. Chris Reeve really wanted to make a statement about nuclear weapons. Problem is, he literally stands there and makes his statement. Now, where do we go from here?
Nowhere.
Okay, Gene Hackman is back as Lex Luthor. Now, he just wants to sell lotsa weapons to anyone who will pay. Oh, yes: he also creates a clone (Eighties buzzword alert!) of Superman's DNA who buzzes and sparks a lot, and is called Nuclear Man (or new-kyoo-ler man, as Hackman pronounces it). New-kyoo-ler Man and Superman fight. Big whoop.
The Salkinds did not produce this fourth go-round. Quickie producers Golan-Globus' Cannon Group put this one before the cameras (DELTA FORCE, DEATH WISH 3, ENTER THE NINJA, ALLAN QUATERMAIN AND THE LOST CITY OF GOLD. . .you get the picture). As with SUPERMAN 3, a tiny budget was ONE of many problems (they use the same exact tough-guy Supe Flying At The Camera shot over and over and over again!), along with script, color matches, SEVERE editing which made what script there was incomprehensible, and so on.
To his credit, Chris Reeve does give Superman his best, which is more than this movie deserves. He is always worth watching. Margot Kidder, Marc McClure and Jackie Cooper are also back, and do what they can with their roles. Cooper does get a nice bit at the end.
On the Deluxe DVD, the film is letterboxed in 2:35 to 1, with a decent transfer of picture and sound. Also included are the original theatrical trailer, outtakes, trimmed material (including an early version of Nuclear Man played for laughs), and commentary by co-screenwriter Mark Rosenthal.
SUPERMAN 4 is merely okay. If you are a completist, add it to your library. If not, rent it first.
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