Superman IV: The Quest For Peace

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace was a 1987 film and the fourth Superman movie starring Christopher Reeve. Given that the third Superman movie starring Christopher Reeve wasn’t very good, it was the first example of DC truly not knowing when to quit when a franchise goes sour.

The movie saw the creation of Nuclear Man – a villainous character created specifically for the movie – and it was terrible. It was cheaply made in comparison to the previous installments and was generally boring and uninspired.

Even the return of Gene Hackman as Lex Luthor didn’t help the movie and it was worrying that, with all the villains available in DC Comics, the people behind the movie had to resort to an old face and an original character to give Superman a challenge.