angel.com has been visited by 10K+ users in the past month
The Most-Recommended Movie of 2024! Experience The Movie Critics Are Calling “One of The Best Movies of The Year.”
- Membership
Learn More About Angel Guild-Learn
About Our Memberships
- Young DAVID
View Young DAVID's-Latest movies
on the market
- Pay it Forward
Pay it Forward for Angel
Studios-With Pay It Forward.
- Gifts Collections
View Angel Studios'-Ultimate Gifts
Collections.
- Kids & Family Shows
View Angel Studios'-Best Kids &
Family Shows!
- The Chosen Community
Learn More About The Chosen
Community-Before You Arrive!
- Membership
Search results
Superman II is a 1980 superhero film and a sequel to Superman (1978). It features Superman's battle with General Zod and Lex Luthor, his romance with Lois Lane, and his decision to give up his powers.
Superman agrees to give up his powers to be with Lois Lane, but faces three Kryptonian criminals and Lex Luthor. IMDb provides information on the film's storyline, production, reception, and alternative versions.
- (116K)
- Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
- Richard Lester
- 1981-06-19
Jan 28, 2015 · Superman II (1980) Official Trailer #1 - Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman Superhero Movie. Rotten Tomatoes Classic Trailers. 1.71M subscribers. Subscribed.
- 2 min
- 527.1K
- Rotten Tomatoes Classic Trailers
- Plot
- Controversy and Cult Status
- Trivia
- External Links
- See Also
- GeneratedCaptionsTabForHeroSec
Like the first installment, the film begins with a prologue in which General Zod and his co-conspirators, Ursa and Non, are banished to the Phantom Zone by the Kryptonian elders as punishment for their crimes. The story then moves forward in time. Clark learns from Perry White that Lois is in France, where terrorists who have seized the Eiffel Towe...
Off-screen problems hampered production of this movie: like other Salkind productions such as The Three Musketeers (1973) and The Four Musketeers (1974), this was filmed at the same time as the first Superman movie to be a direct sequel. However, Marlon Brando filed suit over his percentage of the first film's profits, so as a response, the Salkind...
Superman IIwas released in Europe and Australia (December 4, 1980) before being released in the United States (June 19, 1981).
Learn about the 1980 sequel to Superman, directed by Richard Lester and Richard Donner, and featuring the Kryptonian villains Zod, Ursa and Non. Find out the plot, cast, controversy, trivia and more of this classic film.
Superman (Christopher Reeve) foils the plot of terrorists by hurtling their nuclear device into outer space, but the bomb's shock waves free the Kryptonian villain...
- (60)
- Richard Lester
- PG
- Christopher Reeve
Superman faces three Kryptonian criminals who escape from the Phantom Zone and threaten to conquer Earth. He also struggles with his love for Lois Lane and his decision to give up his powers.
Learn about the 1980 superhero film, the sequel to Superman: The Movie, and its two versions: the theatrical and the Richard Donner cut. Find out the plot, the cast, the trivia, and the differences between the two versions.