Thursday 22 August 2013

Man Of Steel (2013) 7/10

Starring : Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon, Diane Lane, Russell Crowe
Director : Zack Snyder
Running Time : 143 mins

After hiding amongst mankind for thirty-three years, Clark Kent aka Kal-El (Cavill) is forced to reveal his identity when a trio of criminals from his home planet of Krypton decide to attack the planet Earth unless Kal-El reveals himself to them. Once he has stepped forward the leader of the group, General Zod (Shannon), plans on using his DNA to resurrect all of his fellow Kryptonians but as a result the enter planet will be terraformed to accommodate them, thus wiping out humanity.

In terms of style and story, this sounds good and looks good. The problem is – as with most movies based on DC comics – there is a choice made somewhere along the line to avoid going into too much depth in regards to character. Most of the characters are one-dimensional at best, and this did slightly spoil what is otherwise a pretty decent movie.

You’ll like this if you liked : The Matrix


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