This movie poses the question, should a super being impose peace, nuclear disarmament in this case, on the world. In this case Superman (Christopher Reeve) takes on this task. However in this case, Lex Luthor (Gene Hackman) has escaped prison again, helped by his nephew, Lenny (John Cryer). Luthor is determined to clone Superman. He does this using the sun, which gives him the power of the sun creating Nuclear Man (Mark Pillow).
In the mean time at the Daily Planet things are not going well. There has been a hostile takeover by David Warfield (Sam Wanamaker) who is into sensational headlines and stories even if not quite true. Perry White (Jackie Cooper) is let go and Lois Lane (Margot Kidder) eventually quits. Jimmy Olsen (Marc McClure) hangs on. Lois Lane rekindles her flame with Superman, encouraged by Superman. Warfield's daughter Lacy (Mariel Hemingway) ignites a flame with Clark Kent. Clark Kent and superman go on a double date with Lois and Lacy which makes for some trickery back and forth. However the date is interrupted when Luthor send a message to Superman on a frequency only he can hear. He entices Superman and introduces him to Nuclear Man. This leads to an interesting fight, and Superman being sickened, perhaps with nuclear energy from the sun. The outcome is very much in doubt, as long as the sun shines Nuclear Man has the advantage.
In the mean time White has bought up the shares of the company, and comes back with his own take over, kicking Warfield out. Superman concludes that peace should not be forced, but come from the people themselves.
This movie has an interesting conclusion. The Superman movies all fall short in terms of special effects. They did not have the computer generated features that are available now. However within their technology limits they do pretty well.
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