Product details: - Product group: DVD
- Edition: DVD
- Publisher: Warner Home Video
- Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
- Release Date: 2001-05-01
- Number of discs: 1
- Starring: Christopher Reeve, Richard Pryor, Margot Kidder, Jackie Cooper, Marc McClure
- Audience rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
- Encoding: Region 1
- Run Time: 125 minutes
- Studio: Warner Home Video
- Aspect Ratio(s): 2.35:1
- Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
- Brand: WEA
- Package Dimensions: 7.4 x 50 x 75 inches
Superman matches wits with an evil mastermind and a computer genius who discovers the one substance which can harm the man of steel.
Item Type: DVD Movie
Item Rating: PG
Street Date: 02/08/05
Wide Screen: yes
Director Cut: no
Special Edition: no
Language: ENGLISH
Foreign Film: noSubtitles: no
Dubbed: no
Full Frame: no
Re-Release: no
Packaging: SleeveCustomer reviews:  Superman VS Super computer, 2009-08-21
Some people hate this movie but I enjoyed it. The cast alone made it worth watching. Christopher Reeve, Robert Vaughn, Richard Pryor. This movie had some very talented actors.
Gus(Richard Pryor) is ordered by his boss to find out what Kryptonite is made of. 57 percent of it couldn't be found. Gus used tar to complete the kryptonite. When Gus gave it to Superman, he didn't die but it did temporarily turn him evil. I loved the fight that Superman and Clark Kent had. Especially when Kent choked Superman to death.
Superman was forced to battle a Super computer. He destroyed it with a container of acid. This wasn't the greatest Superman movie but it was still good.
One incredibly stupid and unrealistic thing in this movie was when Gus used a weather satellite to create weather. This film wasn't the greatest movie ever made but it was better than Superman IV.
 How Terrible Is This Film? Let Me Count The Ways..., 2008-12-22
Despite the directorial struggles that plagued the simultaneous shooting of Superman I and II (Richard Donner being ousted in favor of Richard Lester), the films did very well financially, prompting a third effort. However, instead of the epic feel and formula of the first two films, this one falls completely flat for numerous reasons:
-First, the direction of Lester. After watching this film, I am now convinced that Richard Donner really was the mastermind behind the success of the Superman film franchise, as Lester's "Superman III" is riddled with stupid humor and sight gags that do nothing to enhance the film viewing experience. Ironically enough, Donner was supposedly booted from the director's seat of Superman II due to too much farcical humor, but Lester is much worse in that department in this film.
-The actors also seem to be sleep-walking through their roles, or were completely miscast in the first place. The new villain is wooden and doesn't hold a candle to Gene Hackman's Lex Luthor, while Richard Pryor's "funny" antics only make the whole film seem like a farce. Even Christopher Reeve, the centerpiece of the Superman franchise, turns in a sub-par performance both as the "heroic" and "bad" Superman. Not until the last few moments of the film does he seem to snap out of his acting doldrums and become the heroic character I remembered from the first two films.
-The special effects are also a big step down from the previous efforts. At one point, the wires holding Reeve in the air can be clearly seen, while Superman's landings at times are not as smooth as they were in the earlier films. Once again, in this area "Superman III" could not recapture the greatest of the majestic special effects of the first two movies.
-Finally, the two main plots in the film fall as flat as the acting, casting, and special effects. The "bad Supes" thread could have been done much more effectively (think of the good Kirk/bad Kirk in the old Star Trek: Original Series), and the same can be said for the "supercomputer" angle (Captain Kirk talking a computer into submission is much more compelling by comparison).
Sadly, then, this film fails in nearly ever aspect of filmmaking. Instead of sticking with the lofty ideals and walking the fine line between heroic and cheesy that Donner did in the first two films, Lester tried to make a campier version of Superman and failed miserably. The only reason I would "recommend" this film to anyone is to show them how horribly wrong a film franchise can turn. Hard-core Supes fans will watch this film regardless of what I say, but to the casual fan I say that you can EASILY skip these two hours of boredom and not miss a beat in your Superman viewing experience.
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