Product details: - Product group: Video
- Edition: VHS Tape
- Publisher: Arrow Films
- Format: Dolby, PAL, Surround Sound
- Release Date: 1993-10-04
- Number of discs: 1
- Starring: Christopher Reeve, Richard Pryor, Jackie Cooper, Marc McClure, Annette O'Toole
- Audience rating: Parental Guidance
- Run Time: 119 minutes
- Studio: Arrow Films
- Manufacturer: Arrow Films
- Package Dimensions: 7.32 x 47 x 75 inches
Customer reviews:  you have got to be kidding me, 2007-09-01
this is posibly the worst film i have ever seen. superman was a fantastic film superman 2 was even better especially the donner cut even superman 4 is better than this crap i mean richard pryor class actor but he takes one course on how to use a computor and over night becomes an expert with computers i mean come on that is so lame and then superman doesn't really do anything till about 40 mins in to the movie. yeah ok the bit where he turns bad is good but that is not enough to make this film worthy of been part of the superman collection
 This should have been the last Superman film, 2007-04-22
I remember when I used to watch this as a kid. It was my favourite Superman film and I always used to watch it everytime it was on. What I used to (and still do) like about this one was the the 20-30 minute sequence where Superman turns bad.
The plotline sees Superman going up against Robert Vaughn's 'Ross Webster', owner of a big bussiness company, and Richard Pryor's computer whizz Gus Gorman. Together they plan to steal the world's oil for their own selfish reasons. Meanwhile Clark Kent (Superman)goes back to Smallville and is reunited with his teenage sweetheart Lana Lang (Annette O Toole), who now has a young boy called Ricky. At one point Ross Webster decides that Superman is the only thing that can stop him from claiming the oil so he and his sister Vera, girlfriend Lorelei and Gus plan to 'assasinate' Superman by creating some kryptonite. However the kryptonite they creat has something wrong with it and upon receiving it at an awards ceremony in Smallville for saving a large part of America and also Ricky's life in a seperate incident, it gradually turns Superman evil instead of weakening him. Once he turns evil, the world around him watches him as he strikes fear and disgrace into those he once protected, the innocent. This all lead to a big fight between the good side and the bad side of Superman in two different entities in a juckyard, resulting in the good side eventually apprehending the evil side and going back to righting the wrongs he did around the world.
Now I watch the film on my DVD and I have to say that, after the first two films being special effects extravaganzas, that it's quite a nice change to have this film focus more on the plotline and characters. If you think Christopher Reeve makes an excellent superhero then you should see him as the evil Superman because he also makes an excellent supervillain. It's just a shame that he didn't get many other notable roles after he donned the cape. Robert Vaughn's character, althpugh he's a good villain, he is in fact just Lex Luthor from the comics with a different name. Richard Pryor, although he's funny, he should've toned it down a little because he is a little too wacky. Annette O Toole is excellent as Lana Lang and not bad looking either. Gavan o Halirilay is great as Clark's old school bully Brad.
The only bad thing about the film is that there are some characters that are just a little too OTT and annoying. Other than that it's great. Certainly much better than Superman 4, which sucked, and Superman Returns which isn't great. *****
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