The Movie Is Worth It; Go See It.

Rating: 9/10 (19 June 2013)

Henry Cavill plays a very believable and out of place Clark Kent. Of course, who in reality, is an alien named Kal-El; one of the last surviving Kryptonians, and found and raised by an earthling couple from infancy. If you haven't seen the Superman movies with Christopher Reeve, or at least the very first "Superman: The Motion Picture", that's okay. This movie contains his entire origin, as well as a pretty decent write up of the events leading up to Kal-El being sent off to Earth, and the eventual destruction of his home world of Krypton.
Where it gets really interesting, is in how the producer went about showing Superman's abilities. In this reboot, Superman doesn't fly off with the usual smooth "wooosh"... here his take-offs are generally in the neighborhood of Mach 1 or faster; and they rock! There are even a couple well north of Mach 6... It's a superhero movie. Skyscrapers get smashed, entire city blocks are blown to bits, serious kick-ass at the speed of sound, and yes, Superman & the bad guys, they're all bulletproof. Oh yeah, there's a bad guy hottie, playing Zod's right hand... and she kick's serious butt.
The only complaint someone came up with, which was misplaced, was that Michael Shannon's character, general Zod, was more like a sidekick... But that person was comparing Zod to Kahn from Star Trek: Into Darkness - a completely different persona - Kahn being a genetically engineered genius/super soldier; whereas Zod is a genetically engineered soldier - period. Of course he doesn't have Kahn's brilliance, as a soldier who's only task is the protection of Krypton and to guarantee the continued existence of it's people, he was not designed to be brilliant in everything; Kahn on the other hand, was; which is also the very same thing that made him such a nemesis. Not that Zod is not very good at what he does, mind you; on the contrary, he gives Superman quite a run for his money; make that every cent. He doesn't care about the body count, as long as he accomplishes his self-proclaimed mission while annihilating billions in the process, to save the Kryptonian legacy.
The movie is worth it; go see it.