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Superman matches wits with an evil mastermind and a computer genius who discovers the one substance which can harm the man of steel. However, synthetic kryptonite laced with tobacco tar splits him in two: good Clark Kent and bad Man of Steel.
A noticeable drop in quality from the first two, but it's still decent enough that you don't have to be embarrassed for liking it. That comes soon enough...
Richard Lester's direction injects nothing new into the material, giving the feeling that he views the whole thing as an exercise in comedy set pieces.
Now retooling the Superman series into middleweight comedy, the script feels written for no one above the age of twelve. As a production it looks cheaply made and thrown together. Worse, this is a mean-spirited piece of work.
Reeve continues his traditions of graceful flying moves, confident carriage, and twinkly warmth. Sadly, none of it is enough to save Superman III from being at home only in a junkyard.
July 04, 2006
Cinema Crazed
Superman is thrown in to the mix somewhere. But he's merely an after thought, and a supporting player in his own film.
Putting its emphasis on broad comedy at the expense of ingenious plotting and technical wizardry, it has virtually none of the mythic or cosmic sensibility that marked its predecessors.