Movie Review - Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

Isn't the entire basis of this film utter rubbish? The Ace Nuclear Treaty had already been signed in reality by Reagan & Gorbechov so the nuclear arms race was slowing down, not speeding up.
The start is pretty dire. Again Lex Luthor has hair and how his nephew got anywhere near the quarry full of prisoners isn't addressed at all. That place would be crawling with armed guards. And the 2 cops in the car should have been killed in the blast as well. For someone so hot on law and order, Clark Kent certainly jaywalks a lot doesn't he? In both this and Superman II, he crosses the street illegally.

And since when did London Underground trains start running in America? And Lois still hasn't learned her lesson? Superman never notices her unless he's rescuing her. She needs to stop trying to attract his attention at rescues. Makes you think she gets into trouble on purpose. Since when have newspapers been in the market of making money? They report the news.
Superman's hair is only any good for DNA if it had a root, which they most likely didn't know back then. Oh, and if it can hold a 1000 pound weight, why can't it stand a pair of bolt-cutters? Funny how by this movie Lois seems to remember everything that he made her forget with the kiss in Superman II, so he has to make her forget with that kiss again. What is on his lips that does that? Jeremy with Superman was obviously filmed in New York, you could see the NYPD mounted officer and the square they were stood in was obviously near the World Trade Centre - The then HQ of the UN.

The mistake of labeling a delegate ENGLAND, (We would be labeled United Kingdom, NOT England - that would be an insult to the Welsh, The Scottish & The Northern Irish). The missiles that the submarines fire would be useless to Superman in his attempt to rid the world of nuclear weapons. Test fires are never armed and normally don't carry warheads either. Does Superman know what damage he would do to the Solar System by throwing all those nuclear weapons into the sun? All that extra radiation that would be showered down onto the Earth. IDIOT! Jim Broadbent playing a Russian is very amusing. As well as the other arms dealer with the mustache who is very English, he appeared in Ever Decreasing Circles as Richard Briars' neighbor.

The Sgt. York joke (when Lex is planting the device on the missile) is so quick it's missed by most people watching. No-one asked Luthor or any of his party for ID (highly unlikely in an area launching nuclear missiles. He'd be asked for ID then shot on sight for not having any, the military don't screw around with live nuclear weapons). How is it that Nuclear Man is a fully grown adult? And how did he learn to speak? Or fly? Plus he seems to know what his mission is "Destroy Superman now!", without anyone having told him that vital information.

Lois says to Lacey in THAT dress that "Clark's not going to notice, no matter what you wear". Clark isn't gay, he's got eyes. And Lois had already described her as "illegal". Jealous, Lois? Why Clark didn't change into Superman in the hotel's revolving doors instead of getting in the back of a car (Superman breaks into cars, yet more lawlessness by Clark Kent) I don't know. Oh, and how did Clark ring the door bell when Superman was still inside the room? If Nuclear Man is a clone from Superman's DNA, why doesn't he look like Superman? I don't see how Superman can stop a Volcano by plugging it up. Pressure builds up and the plug would just be ejected, it'd be a matter of time. Why not just do freezing breath inside the Volcano to cool it. Still plugging it but in a more natural way how real Volcano's become dormant.

Why is The Statue Of Liberty in Metropolis? Just another sign this was filmed in New York. Oh, and I don't care how strong Nuclear Man is supposed to be or how sharp his nails are but he wouldn't cut Superman's skin. This attempt to show Superman with a human side had already been done in Superman II when he gave up his powers to live with Lois and got beaten up in the diner by the trucker. Try and come up with some new ideas? I like the very bad cut when Lex was holding the money that Nuclear Man set fire to then they cut and his hand was by his side, no longer up by his face. And we're always told glowing green crystals are Kryptonite but the one at the farm seems to help the very sick looking Clark? The fight in Metropolis between Superman and Nuclear Man is basically a rip-off of the fight between him, Zod, Non & Ursa in Superman II. He even uses that "don't do it, the people" line that he said back then.

Exactly WHICH woman does Nuclear Man want? He's never met Stacey or Lois so exactly who did he mean? He knows nothing about either woman or what possible use they could be to him as hostages. They even copy fighting on The Moon which had also already been done in Superman II, basically this film recycled a lot of ideas from Superman II. As well as the ideas of a bad self and the duality ideas used creating an "Evil Superman" in the original motion picture.
Can anyone tell me why Nuclear Man roars exactly like old style Godzilla from the Japanese films? For such a tough villain, Nuclear Man is defeated FAR too easily in my eyes. The film just ran out of ideas I guess.