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📅 1980 ⏱ 2h 7min PG Released FHD / 4K

Superman II

"The Man of Steel meets his match!"

Science FictionActionAdventure

Three Kryptonian criminals led by General Zod team up with Lex Luthor to conquer Earth, forcing a depowered Superman to regain his strength and stop them.

🎬 DirectorRichard Lester

📅 Release1980-12-04

🌍 CountryUnited Kingdom, United States of America

🗣 LanguageEnglish

🏢 StudioDovemead Films, Alexander and Ilya Salkind Productions, International Film Production

🗳 Votes2,517

🔥 Popularity6

💰 Budget$54,000,000

💵 Revenue$216,385,706

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🎭 Cast

Christopher Reeve

Superman / Clark Kent

Margot Kidder

Lois Lane

Terence Stamp

General Zod

Sarah Douglas

Ursa

Jack O'Halloran

Non

Gene Hackman

Lex Luthor

Ned Beatty

Otis

Jackie Cooper

Perry White

Valerie Perrine

Eve Teschmacher

Susannah York

Lara

Clifton James

Sheriff

E.G. Marshall

The President

Marc McClure

Jimmy Olsen

Leueen Willoughby

Leueen

Robin Pappas

Alice

🎥 Crew

Director of Photography Robert Paynter

Original Music Composer Ken Thorne

Characters Jerry Siegel

Screenplay Leslie Newman

Editor John Victor-Smith

Screenplay Mario Puzo

Director of Photography Geoffrey Unsworth

Screenplay David Newman

Characters Joe Shuster

Director Richard Lester

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🏷 Keywords

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💬 Reviews

Potential Kermode ⭐ 8/10

**He was called Non because that is the amount of brains he had.** Great sequel that expands on the introductory scenes in Superman (1978) where we met General Zod, Ursa and the massive moron, Non - although I wouldn't call him a moron to his face. (Perhaps if I had a ladder) But anyway, these three criminals are inadvertently released from the Phantom Zone by Superman and they naturally h…

John Chard ⭐ 7/10

Fun packed and humanistic sequel is worthy alright. Superman II stars Gene Hackman, Christopher Reeve, Terence Stamp, Ned Beatty, Sarah Douglas, Margot Kidder, and Jack O'Halloran. It was to be a troubled shoot that saw two directors involved with the project. Richard Donner had completed about three quarters of the film before being taken off the project, so Richard Lester then came in to fini…

Wuchak ⭐ 9/10

_**Continues the super-story of the groundbreaking first film**_ Three Kryptonian criminals escape imprisonment in the Phantom Zone (Terence Stamp, Sarah Douglas and Jack O'Halloran) to harass citizens of the United States, including the president (E.G. Marshall), while Lex Luthor (Gene Hackman) schmoozes them. Meanwhile Lois Lane (Margot Kidder) suspects that Clark Kent is Superman (Christophe…