I'm not about to solely bash this movie just cause pretty much everyone did upon it's release. Before I say anything good, I'm gonna start with the bad starting with the special effects for the fourth installment of this series which was very poor. When Christopher Reeve lands on the moon you can see the wires suspending him as well as in other scenes, the editing is cheap and many shots you can tell are the same or just look digitized. Also lets not forget when Mariel Hemingway is brought into space she dosen't die. Ya it's bad quality and is definitely the poorest film of the 4. But I have to say,the story wasn't that bad though a bit corny. Superman clearing the world of nuclear weapons and Lex Luthor creating a being named Nuclear Man to kill the Man of Steel. The concept of Nuclear Man was pretty cool but he could have been portrayed a lot better instead of....well an idiot, especially since he was created from Superman's DNA. It was entertaining when Superman and him duke it out across the world with Superman repairing the world as Nuclear Man destroys it (ignoring the fact that it was daytime in America, China and Russia at the same time another error thanks to the poor production) and of course the battle on the moon. It was a good storyline turned into a not so good movie. We all know it could have been much much better but thanks to the cheap production of Golan/Globus this is all we got. Nevertheless I still appreciate this picture despite it's craftsmanship and have always enjoyed my multiple viewings of it.
