Thursday, September 24, 2020

Superman 3 (1983)

Also Known As: -
Year of first release: 1983
Director: Richard Lester (Superman 2)
Actors: Christopher Reeve (Superman 1-2), Richard Pryor, Margot Kidder, Robert Vaughn (The Towering Inferno, Bullitt)
Country: USA, GB
Genre: Fantasy, Adventure
Conditions of visioning: 18.09.2020, VOD, 10" tablet screen.
Synopsis: Ross Webster (Vaughn) teams up with computer genius Gus Gorman (Pryor) to mount ever bigger scams, while trying to stay under Superman's radar.

Review: From the movie poster looking like one of a cheap comedy, you can already guess things are not looking too good for this sequel. And you watch it you notice it goes from bad to worse. They didn't re-hire Gene Hackman and Margot Kidder plays Lois Lane for a minute only, but the charismatic Robert Vaughn plays a new super-villain, unfortunately accompanied by two useless female side-kicks.
The character played by Richard Pryor of a bum turned computer genius doesn't make sense. In fact the whole scenario making computers the movie's villain seem to have been written by people who has never seen one in this early age of I.T.. They seem to think that computers can do everything. A new weather satellite has been launched: if he can measure weather surely he can also influence it in major proportions thanks to a big laser! What?!? And the computer big as a room which includes by design Superman-defying weapons...
The movie is also very attached to coincidences, making his main characters cross path with no reason, starting from the very opening scene. Why?!?
There is really nothing good to say about this movie, I am amazed that they kept on going and that Superman IV is said to be one of the worst movies of all times. How worse can it get? There is only one way to find out...
 
Rating: 2 /10

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