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Superman 2025

Evil Billionaire Creates a Monster That Looks Like Superman

An evil billionaire secretly creates a powerful copy of Superman that looks exactly like him. But when the real Superman faces his own copy, he discovers that defeating someone with the same powers will not be easy.

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Years after an alien named Clark arrives on Earth from a planet called Krypton, he announces himself as a powerful metahuman called Superman. In his recent efforts to protect and fight for the oppressed, he stops the nation of Boravia from invading a neighboring country called Jar Hanpur. However, this sparks worldwide controversy over the legal and ethical implications of Superman's actions in Bavia. even though they were intended to stop a war. The message was damaged in transit. 3 weeks later, a metahuman called the hammer of Baravia shows up in the city of Metropolis and defeats Superman who loses a battle for the first time.

During the fight, Clark flees to Antarctica and calls on a superdog named Krypto to drag him to his fortress. There, he is received by a group of robots who gently carry him inside. Before the robots help Clark regain his full strength, their leader Four suggests comforting him by playing a message from his birth parents which was damaged in transit from Krypton to Earth. Ow!

Ow! Stop it! Stop! Sit! Sit! In the first half of the message, which is playable, Clark's parents tell their son about their dying planet and how they're sending him to Earth because it's a place where he can do the most good. They also imply that they want him to be a symbol of hope to the people on Earth.

As the recording plays repeatedly, four and the other robots heal Clark using concentrated solar radiation. After this, he leaves the fortress and flies toward Earth to continue his battle against the hammer of Boravia. Care less whether he lives or dies. Interestingly, a metahuman named the engineer has tracked Superman to Antarctica with the hope of finding his fortress.

As she sees Superman heading back to Earth, she contacts her boss, Lex Luthther, to give him an update. Shortly after, Superman returns to face the hammer of Baravia, but he still gets beaten badly. Interestingly, it turns out that the hammer of Bavia is being controlled by Lex, who has been studying Superman for years and now knows all his moves before he even makes them. He's developed over 2500 fight moves for any situation.

Lex's employees look impressed and they continue working with Lex to help the hammer of Baravia defeat Superman again. After Superman lands on the ground, a few of his supporters led by a man named Malik try to help him up. Elsewhere, the engineer finds Superman's fortress just as it descends into the ice. She looks disappointed and calls Lex to ask if she can drill into the ice, but he just tells her to come back.

Meanwhile, the hammer of Boravia warns everyone in Metropolis. Done what we need to do. Wrap it up. That the United States will continue to feel his wrath if Superman doesn't stop interfering in Boravia's affairs. Just as Malik helps Superman up. The Hammer of Boravia leaves the scene and heads to Luther Corpse military base.

At the site, the hammer of Bavia heads into a tent and walks through a portal that takes him to an artificial pocket universe where he finds another portal that leads to Lex's office. There, the hammer takes off his helmet, and it turns out that he's actually one of Lex's metahumans named Ultra Man. Man did say he thought the hammer might be faking a Braavian ax. Lex looks pleased with Ultra Man's efforts, and his girlfriend Eve also commends the metahuman.

The next day, Clark heads to work as a journalist for a newspaper company called The Daily Planet. Interestingly, no one knows Clark is Superman because he wears glasses that make him look different. As he arrives at work, he gets a call from his adoptive parents. Ma and Paul Kent, who found him and took care of him after he landed on Earth as a baby.

Ma and Paul Kent congratulate Clark on having his story published on the front page of the Daily Planet, and he thanks them. Hey, what do you got against adverbs, Kent? While Clark's other colleagues, including a photographer named Jimmy, seem impressed by Clark's account of the battle between Superman and the Hammer of Baravia. Another colleague, Lois, doesn't understand how Clark can interview Superman when no one knows who the superhero is.

Clark isn't bothered by this, and he insists that he's just doing his job. Elsewhere, Lex holds a meeting with the National Security Council and suggests arresting Superman for interfering with international politics. He adds that Superman is an alien who shouldn't be doing whatever he wants. They got this stuff, uh, what's the script stuff called?

And that it's time for the United States to rely on Ultraman, the engineer, and Luther Corpse special forces, Planet Watch. Even though the security chiefs agree that Superman is too powerful, they decide against doing anything because it could spark public backlash. That night, Lois arrives home and meets Clark in her apartment. Interestingly, it turns out that they have been secretly dating for a few months, and they joke about the fake argument they had at work in the capital of Luchek at the Royal Palace.

Lois tells Clark that he cannot keep interviewing himself as Superman because people will eventually find out who he is. Clark then offers to let Lois interview him and she agrees. However, as she starts asking questions about the legal implications of his actions in Bavia, he becomes annoyed and implies that he did nothing wrong by saving lives in Janpur. As he gets ready to leave, Lois assumes that he's walking out on her and she says she knew things wouldn't work out between them.

Clark looks confused and asks what she meant, but she doesn't seem interested in talking about it. Technically, our ally and then threatened to murder their The next day, Lex heads to Antarctica with Eve, Ultraman, and the engineer to find Superman's fortress. Surprisingly, Lex figures out a way to enter the fortress, after which Ultraman, and the engineer attack the robots. Krypto also tries to keep them away, but he doesn't succeed.

After this, the engineer finds the message from Superman's parents and tells Lex that she can restore the second half. While she's doing this, it turns out that Lex has sent some of his workers to unleash a strange beast to attack Metropolis and distract Superman. But it has apparently been growing. As Superman protects people from the creature and tries to figure out a way to capture it safely, a superhero group called the Justice Gang arrives.

The group composed of Green Lantern, Mr. Terrific, and Hawk Girl helps out Superman, and Mr. Terrific eventually kills the creature. Almost immediately, Lex appears on a talk show and broadcasts the complete message from Superman's parents. Surprisingly, it turns out that they actually want Clark to conquer Earth.

The people there are simple and take many wives to restore the Kryptonian race. As the message ends, Superman looks shocked and a few people start throwing things at him. He eventually enters a nearby building and the Justice Gang follows him to ask if the message is true. Superman says the second part of the message isn't real, but Mr.

Terrific says he has confirmed its authenticity. Hawk Girl then asks where Lex got the message and Superman realizes that Lex must have found his fortress. I will admit that I am scared. He immediately heads to Antarctica and sees the damage done to his fortress. He also notices that Krypto is missing and he angrily heads to Lex's office to ask for the dog.

Lex pretends not to know what Superman is talking about and Eve records a video of Superman's angry reaction, which is eventually released to the public to convince them that Superman is evil. The DOJ has a warrant out for my arrest, so I'm going to This makes the president of Boravia, Geros, happy. And after giving a speech mocking Superman, he uses a portal in his office to meet up with Lex in the Pocket Universe to discuss their next plans. Later that night, as Clark arrives home, he meets Lois in his apartment.

She jokes that she didn't know he had a dog, and he says it's for his cousin. He then tells her that he never heard the second part of his parents' message and that he thought they sent him to Earth to be a good man. He adds that he's not on Earth to rule over anyone. that my parents had sent me here to serve the people of Earth because that's not who he is. Lois says she believes him and that she never thought he was a bad person.

Clark then mentions that he has to turn himself in before the situation escalates. Lois doesn't look happy about this, but Clark says it's what he has to do. The next day, Clark surrenders and Lex's Planet Watch are permitted to arrest him. Shortly after, Superman is taken to the pocket universe and locked in a cage alongside another metahuman named Metamorpho.

It will undoubtedly be painful. Suddenly, Lex shows up and explains how he created the pocket universe by replicating the Big Bang to tear a tiny hole between the two universal fabrics. He adds that he's now able to access the pocket universe from multiple dimensional portals that he set up around the world. Lex then introduces Superman to Metamorpho, who can change into any known substance, including Krytonite, which makes Superman weak and powerless.

As Metamorpho transforms one of his hands into kryptonite, Superman becomes weak, and Lex shows him where he is keeping Krypto. Swear to God, that's not it. I I just know that if I could get some real dirt. He also takes Superman to his private correctional institution, which has cells that are rented out to governments that want to imprison their political agitators.

He also mentions that he locks up some of his petty ex-girlfriends in the correctional institution. He says he'd rather kill Superman, but that the US government wants some answers first. Lex then warns Metamorpho not to help Superman if he doesn't want anything to happen to his son, who is in another cage with one of Lex's men. After Lex leaves, Superman offers to rescue Metamorpho's son if Metamorpho helps him.

However, Metamorpho seems terrified and tells Superman not to talk to him because he's scared of what Lex might do to his son. Name is Mr. Terrific. You don't get a book with a name like that. Elsewhere, Geros prepares his troops to head toward Jarhanpur now that Superman is no longer in the picture.

Lois finds this weird and tells Jimmy that she thinks Lex wants to benefit from the war. Jimmy isn't sure about this, but he suddenly gets a message from a source who tells him that Superman is being held in a pocket universe. He immediately tells Lois what he knows, and she thanks him for the information. Interestingly, Jimmy's source happens to be Eve, who is in love with him after they secretly meet up in a dark alley.

Jimmy convinces Eve to help him find out how Lex is connected to what's happening in Janpur. Eve then implies that she'll do it if Jimmy promises that they'll be together and he reluctantly agrees even though he doesn't really like her. Much later, Lex visits the pocket universe with Guros and brings in Malik to threaten him and makes Superman answer some of his questions about his real plans on Earth. Who raised you as a child?

Malik tells Superman not to say anything and Lex eventually kills him. Superman looks devastated by this and Metamorpho also seems concerned. Elsewhere, Lois goes to meet the Justice gang to convince them to find the pocket universe where Clark was taken. Green Lantern and Hawk Girl don't seem interested, but Mr.

Terrific offers to help. He then tracks Clark's DNA trail to Luther Corpse military base. When they reach the site, Lex's soldiers try to stop them, but Mr. Terrific beats them up. After this, he and Lois find the portal to the pocket universe. Mr. Terrific looks pissed and says that Lex's pocket universe could tear a hole in the fabric of reality and destroy Earth.

Elsewhere, Metamorpho decides to help Superman because he didn't like the way Lex killed Malik. Following this, Superman saves Metamorpho's son and releases Krypto before fighting off some of Lex's soldiers. With Mr. Terrific's help, Superman and the others escape through the portal, which has now become unstable.

Unfortunately, Superman is now suffering from kryptonite poisoning. We need to find him. And Mr. Terrific tells Lois to take him to a place where he can rest and regain his strength. He also offers to stay back to keep the portal stable while Metamorpho leaves with his son. Shortly after, Lex hears about Superman's escape and angrily sends Eve out of his office.

This gets her pissed and she secretly calls Jimmy to tell him that she has enough evidence to ruin Lex. Unfortunately, Ultra Man hears her plans and reports her to Lex, who angrily drags her just as she sends the message. When Jimmy receives the message, he notices that Eve sent him some of her pictures, and this leaves him disappointed. Meanwhile, Lois takes Clark to Ma and Paul Kent's house in Kansas.

There, she gets a call from Jimmy, who complains about the pictures Eve sent to him. When Lois takes a look at them, she realizes that Eve's pictures contain evidence that Lex is helping Baravia in return for half of Jaranpur. Elsewhere, Eve is taken to the private correctional institution. To find him, we'll need to draw him out.

While Lex thinks of a way to find Superman, he eventually decides to draw out Superman by reopening the unstable portal. The engineer looks shocked and warns Lex not to do it because it could open a dimensional rift in the area. Lex doesn't seem to care and while Mr. Terrific is trying to keep the tent secure, the portal is reopened.

This causes a hole to appear in the ground and Mr. Terrific looks shocked. Back in Kansas, Clark wakes up and thinks about his parents' message. Paul Kent eventually comes outside and Clark says he cannot believe his birth parents sent him to Earth to rule over everyone as he implies that he's not meant to be a good person.

Paul Kent says that parents aren't supposed to tell their kids what to do. He adds that Clark's choices and actions are what make him who he is, not the message his parents left him, as he also mentions that he's proud of the man Clark has become. Clark looks pleased and thanks him for the kind words, the exponentially superior firepower. Almost immediately, Marent calls Clark to watch the news and he notices that Boravia is about to invade Jaranur again since the Jar Hanurans won't have anyone to defend them.

Clark decides to head there immediately. As Clark prepares to leave, Mr. Terrific sends one of his tea spheres to the house and tells Clark to come to Metropolis. Clark says he needs to get to Jarhanpur, but Mr. Terrific insists that it's urgent. He adds that the rift created by the unstable portal is about to tear the city apart.

Shortly after, a major evacuation begins in Metropolis as the rift gets closer. One of Lex's employees suggests closing the rift with a code before it destroys the city. But Lex says he wants Superman to arrive first. Elsewhere, Lois and Jimmy tell their boss Perry about Lex's connection to the war in Jar Hanpur, and he tells them to post the story.

Almost immediately, Superman meets up with Mr. Terrific, who says that hacking the code to close the rift is very complicated. Superman suggests going to meet Lex to get the code. But before he can do anything, he and Mr. Terrific are attacked by Ultra Man and the engineer. to get the nanites off.

Doesn't matter if he gets them off his face. Superman holds them off for a while, but the engineer eventually takes him down and fills his lungs with nanites, which is expected to kill him. Lex looks pleased and immediately sends a signal to Giros to invade Jarhanpur. Just then, Superman figures out a way to get the nanites off his body and out of his system.

In the process, he defeats the engineer and figures out that Ultraman is a clone of himself created by Lex as Superman looks shocked. Lex confirms that he created Ultra Man using a strand of Superman's hair which he found a while ago. He adds that even though the clone isn't perfect, it's quite easy to control. Following this, Lex gives Ultra Man some instructions that help him beat Superman.

Unfortunately, Superman is unable to do much because Ultra Man knows all his moves and how to deal with them. 98. Despite this, Superman tells Lex that his plan in Jaran Poor won't work regardless of how his fight against Ultra Man turns out. Lex looks confused, but Superman says he called some friends for help. Almost immediately, Metamorpho and the Justice Gang arrive in Jarhanur to protect the innocent civilians.

Gorkos also tries to escape, but Hawkgirl kills him. Lex isn't happy about what's happening, and he says he started the conflict between the two countries because he needed an excuse to kill Superman. Superman asks why, and Lex says it's because Superman is destroying the world. He adds that Superman's strength shows how weak everyone really is, and that an alien doesn't deserve praise just because of his powers.

As Lex continues controlling Ultraman, Krypto shows up and knocks down the metahuman. Superman then instructs Krypto to destroy all the cameras around Ultra Man. Poor to me, Superman, that was just a bonus. So that Lex won't be able to control him anymore. After Krypto does this, Superman attacks Ultra Man and eventually knocks him into a black hole at the bottom of the rift.

As Superman catches his breath, Mr. Terrific shows up and says they need to get the code to close the rift. Interestingly, one of Lex's employees is about to close the rift, but Lex tells him not to do it. He says that the people in Metropolis deserve to die because they chose Superman as their hero.

Almost immediately, Superman, Krypto, and Mr. Terrific reach the control room and stop Lex from escaping. Mr. Terrific quickly heads toward the main computer to close the rift and Lex angrily calls Superman an alien. Superman then says Lex has always been wrong about him because he's also human like everyone else.

I'm goddamn Mr. Terrific. Lex doesn't seem to care and as he insults Superman again, Krypto attacks him. After this, Mr. Terrific closes the rift and Lois's article about Lex's bad dealings makes it to the news. This helps Superman clear his name and Lex looks very annoyed. Back in Jaranpur, the Justice gang stops the invasion and invites Metamorpho to join the group.

In Metropolis, Lex is arrested and everyone locked up in the pocket universe is released. Eve looks very happy to see Jimmy. And as Superman also meets up with Lois, she confesses her love for him. Shortly after, Superman heads to his fortress, which has been cleaned up by Thor and the other robots who are alive again.

Just then, Superman's cousin, Carara, arrives to pick up Krypto. As she heads back out, Thor and the other robots continue caring for Superman's wounds, and they also comfort him by playing footage of his childhood on Earth with his adoptive parents. Superman, would you like to see the footage of your parents? After becoming a superhero on Earth, Clark realizes that his birth parents actually wanted him to conquer the planet.

As he struggles to understand why his parents would want him to do that, his arch nemesis, Lex, takes advantage of the situation and turns the world against him. Despite this, Clark chooses to remain a superhero, and he clears his name by saving the world after Lex's arrogance and envy drive him to make reckless decisions that nearly destroy the planet.

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Superman (2025)

PG-13 · 129 min · Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi · 11 Jul 2025
7.0/10443,733 ratings68Metascore

Superman must reconcile his alien Kryptonian heritage with his human upbringing as reporter Clark Kent. As the embodiment of truth, justice and the American way he soon finds himself in a world that views these as old-fashioned.

Director James Gunn

Writers James Gunn, Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster

Stars David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan, Nicholas Hoult

United States · English

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