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Name: Man of Steel
Director: Zack Snyder
Genre: action, adventure, science-fiction
Released: 2013
Duration: 2 h 23 min
Rating: 7.1

Man of Steel has an iRankMovies score of 63.1/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

Man of Steel (2013)

You are not alone.

Release:2013

Runtime:2h 23m

Country:United Kingdom

Director:Zack Snyder

Language:English

Genre

ActionAdventureScience Fiction

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Keywords

Saving The WorldFlyingHopesuperheroBased On ComicAlien PlanetSuperhumanAlien Invasion

iRank63

Man of Steel rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.1/10· 866K votes

Rotten Tomatoes56%

Metacritic55%

TMDb6.6/10· 16K votes

With 56% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.1/10 on IMDb and 55/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been mixed.

About Man of Steel

A young boy learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this earth. As a young man, he journeys to discover where he came from and what he was sent here to do. But the hero in him must emerge if he is to save the world from annihilation and become the symbol of hope for all mankind.

Cast of Man of Steel

Henry Cavill
as Clark Kent / Kal-El
Amy Adams
as Lois Lane
Michael Shannon
as General Zod
Diane Lane
as Martha Kent
Russell Crowe
as Jor-El
Antje Traue
as Faora-Ul
Harry Lennix
as General Swanwick
Richard Schiff
as Dr. Emil Hamilton
Christopher Meloni
as Colonel Nathan Hardy
Kevin Costner
as Jonathan Kent
Ayelet Zurer
as Lara Lor-Van
Laurence Fishburne
as Perry White

Man of Steel facts

Budget: $225M
Box office: $668M
Collection: Man of Steel Collection

Our take on Man of Steel

Zack Snyder's 2013 action-adventure reimagines the Superman origin as a somber science-fiction epic. A young boy discovers he has extraordinary powers and is not of this earth; growing up, he sets out to learn where he came from and why he was sent here. When annihilation threatens humanity, the reluctant hero within him must finally step forward and become a symbol of hope for all mankind. The film emphasises scale, spectacle and the weight of the character's dual identity over lightness, giving the mythos a heavier, more brooding treatment. It suits viewers who want their superhero stories large, earnest and effects-driven, and who are curious about a grounded take on the icon's beginnings.

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