General Zod and his crew demand that, in return for peace, the humans of Earth surrender Kal-El, whose cells were infused with a genetic codex to preserve the Kryptonian race.

Rating: 9/10 (22 June 2013)

My only complaint for this film is that the rhythm and balance of the storytelling are occasionally thrown off by detouring into generic blockbuster action sequences, but fortunately ends up redeeming itself through the dramatization of Clark Kent's experiences with rejection, inadequacy, and loneliness that make Superman not only a force that is powerful, but also easy to relate to. While in Superman II, Zod is portrayed as pathologically arrogant and pompous, bored with the ease of overtaking Earth, and whose only motivation seemed to be that he wanted people to kneel before him, in this film, his honest intentions for the common good of his planet, and the struggle between an inextinguishable inner conflict that has continued to plague him, and his belief in the ideal of Krypton make him easy to identify with, and universal to an extent that will give viewers a powerful contradiction of emotions by feeling remorse for the fatal flaws that have driven him to react with evil. In short, Superman and General Zod epitomize everything that both a hero and a villain should be: complex and relateable.