Reel Review Roundup

Superman (2025)

Directed by: James Gunn

Starring: David Corenswet, Nicholas Hoult, Rachel Brosnahan

Review by: Julian Wright

After 30 years on Earth and several years of using his superpowers to save lives, inspired by a recorded message from his biological parents, Clarke Kent/Superman prevents a war between two countries to create peace.

But without going through diplomatic channels, his actions are questioned.

Meanwhile, megalomaniac Lex Luther, hellbent on taking the superhero down, uncovers more of that recorded message that Superman never saw, that reveals his parents instructions to him are to conquer Earth.

When he releases this recording, public opinion of Superman changes drastically.

Superman 2025 thankfully skips the origin story and drops us right in the middle of an unfolding saga, which works to its benefit.

By this point, there is no reason to get bogged down in how Superman came to be – we already know.

With James Gunn at the helm, there is more of a fun, comic book vibe around this film (compared to other DC offerings), but there is an apparent struggle between Gunn’s Marvel-like sensibilities and applying it appropriately to the DC universe.

He has a great sense of humour but can’t run free with it, leaving us with a somewhat mish-mash of Guardians of the Galaxy with DC sensibilities.

Superman 2025 starts out great, with wonderful chemistry between the leads, and giving Superman a moral dilemma – and this is where this particular version soars.

The addition of super dog Krypto is the freshest element this version presents its audience.

But by the end, this devolves into seemingly endless sequences of buildings crashing and fists bashing – it’s all noise and sensory overload.

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