Superman ll: The Adventure Continues (2024 Film)

Superman ll: The Adventure Continues is a 2024 American animated superhero film based on the DC Comics character Superman. It is the sequel to Superman: The Adventure Begins (2023). The film follows the three best friends face a host of new allies and threats. Powerful foes and family will emerge from Clark's mysterious past. Amanda Waller takes arms against Superman, as Lois grapples with the future and Jimmy spends an unbelievable amount of money, while Krypton's arrival will test the young heroes' strength, loyalty, and love like never before.
Quote: His Greatest Adventure Continues
== Cast ==
* Jack Quaid as Clark Kent / Superman: A Kryptonian with superhuman powers and abilities, sent by his parents to Earth as an infant to escape the destruction of his homeworld, Krypton, and raised under the mental guidance of farmers in Smallville, Kansas.
* Kari Wahlgren as Young Clark Kent
* Alice Lee as Lois Lane: A reporter for the Daily Planet newspaper and the love interest of Clark Kent.
* Ishmel Sahid as Jimmy Olsen: Clark's best friend and roommate.
* Kiana Madeira as Kara Zor-El/Kara Kent/Supergirl: Another Kryptonian with superhuman powers and abilities and Clark's cousin, sent by her parents as an infant to escape the destruction of her homeworld, Krypton, but is a warrior for the Kryptonian Empire and servant of Brainiac.
* Darrell Brown as Perry White: Editor-in-chief of the Daily Planet and the boss of Clark Kent, Jimmy Olsen, and Lois Lane.
* Kari Wahlgren as Martha Kent: Clark's adoptive mother.
* Reid Scott as Jonathan Kent: Clark's adoptive father.
* Jason Marnocha as Jor-El: A Kryptonian scientist who is Kal-El's biological father.
* Zehra Fazal as Leslie Willis / Livewire: The leader of a group of thieves whose powers are initially derived from a super-suit powered by an alien crystal before she later develops natural electrokinesis.
* Azuri Hardy-Jones as Flip Johnson: A kid who lives in Metropolis.
* Chris Parnell as Slade Wilson: A swordsman a member of Task Force X as a agent, who lose his eye to Livewire.
* Debra Wilson as Amanda Waller: The director of Task Force X and a survivor of Zero Day.
* Joel de la Fuente as General Sam Lane: Lois' father and Korean heritage and a formal founding member and co-leader of Task Force X and a survivor of Zero Day.
* Jake Green as Anthony Ivo / Parasite: The CEO of AmazoTech who is suspected of being involved in illegal activities, who created a suit of battle armor called the Parasite 1.0, which is capable of growing larger and more monstrous in appearance as it absorbs energy.
* Melanie Minichino as Cat Grant: A member of the Daily Planet's "Scoop Troop".
* Max Mittelman as Alex 'Lex' Luthor: Ivo's formal personal assistant at AmazoTech until he joined Task Force X.
* Max Mittelman as Joseph Martin/Atomic Skull: An agent of Task Force X whose abilities are derived from Kryptonian armor.
* Jason Marnocha as Ethan Avery/Damage: An agent of Task Force X whose abilities are derived from Kryptonian armor.
* Max Mittelman as Hank Henshaw: A S.T.A.R. Labs employee and an old friend of Lois Lane.
* Michael Emerson as Brainiac: a Kryptonian android who currently leads the conquests of different planets throughout the universe alongside a mysterious Kryptonian Warrior.
* Andromeda Dunker as Vicki Vale: A college friend of Perry White's, an underhanded award-winning columnist, later editor-in-chief, for the Gotham Gazette, and Lois Lane's idol.
* Max Mittelman as Thomas Weston: The CEO of Amertek.
* Byron Marc Newsome as John Henry Irons / Steel: The lead engineer at AmerTek Industries, who wore The Steel Mech Suit to help Superman.
* Byron Marc Newsome as Silas Stone: A scientist at AmerTek.
* Michael Yurchak as Winslow Schott: An elderly pawn shop owner, robotics and demolitions expert, and an old friend of Sam Lane.
* Melanie Minichino as Silver St. Cloud: A genius who made her fortune at thirteen". Additionally, she develops an interest in Superman while competing in Metropolis' most eligible bachelor and bachelorette contest.
* André Sogliuzzo as Monsieur Mallah: A kind-hearted gorilla who was given greater intelligence by the Brain of Project Cadmus.
* Jessie Inocalla as The Brain: A kind-hearted but short-tempered German scientist who originally worked for Project Cadmus.
* Laila Berzins as Rory / Heat Wave: A gang leader who wields Kryptonian flamethrowers.
* Michael Emerson as Brainiac: An A.I. that previously controlled all aspects of the Kryptonian Empire before Krypton was destroyed and is by working to rebuild the Kryptonian Empire.
* Rhea Seehorn as Lara: The biological mother of Superman, and the wife of scientist Jor-El.
== Plot ==
As Clark struggles to plan the perfect Valentine's Day date with Lois, they and Jimmy head to S.T.A.R. Labs to interview Hank Henshaw. While there, Jimmy convinces Ivo's former assistant Alex to find a new job after being denied for his involvement with Ivo. Henshaw directs the trio to the Arctic to find Clark's missing spaceship. After malfunctioning Kryptonian technology splits them up, Clark encounters another hologram of his biological father Jor-El, who reveals more of his origins and that he has a cousin Kara Zor-El who was also sent away from Krypton. Meanwhile, Lois and Jimmy discover Kryptonite is affecting the spaceship while Waller, Wilson, and Agent Ethan Avery lead a Task Force X detachment in commandeering the tech. Superman fights Avery until Jor-El uses the spaceship's power to purify the Kryptonite and convert it into a fortress. Before shutting down, Jor-El tells Superman to find a "key" to locate Kara while Lois learns Waller is holding Sam prisoner.
As Task Force X establishes a new underground base underneath Stryker's prison, Waller interrogates Sam for what he learned about Superman. Meanwhile, Clark and Lois agree to help a boy named Billy find his father, who was imprisoned at Stryker's and went missing after discovering a conspiracy. Upon further investigation, the pair stumble onto Task Force X's new base. While rescuing Sam and Billy's father, they discover Waller has been kidnapping prisoners unable to post bail for use as test subjects to empower her agents before they are attacked by Waller and Agent Joseph Martin. As the Lanes evacuate the prisoners, Superman struggles against Martin, whose radioactive armor allows him to bypass Superman's invulnerability. Nonetheless, Superman defeats Martin, recovers the key Jor-El asked him to find, and rejoins the Lanes and prisoners before Jimmy rescues them. Afterward, Sam agrees to stay with Clark and Jimmy while Alex, now referring to himself as Lex Luthor, rescues Waller from an escaped Ivo and offers to help her.
While rescuing AmerTek scientist Silas Stone from a burning building, Clark unlocks another new power, a "super aura" force-field. After Clark leaves however, Willis threatens Silas into deleting all records of a project he was working on. The next day, Clark struggles to balance his work and social lives with his work as Superman and housing a paranoid Sam. Concurrently, Lois, Vale, and Jimmy's new intern Flip separately uncover a mystery surrounding missing scientists Silas and John Henry Irons, AmerTek's CEO Thomas Weston, and his line of Metallo robots. As Lois and Vale compete to out-scoop each other, Superman, Jimmy, and Flip locate Irons, who reveals Weston forced him and Silas to rush production on the Metallos and create an unstable "Amer-Fusion" reactor to power AmerTek's Metropolis facility before firing them. After repelling Willis, who Weston hired to kill Irons and intimidate Silas, Superman and Irons join forces to stop Weston before he destroys Metropolis, with Irons using his "Steel" mech suit to fend off the Metallos. Afterward, Weston is arrested, Vale offers Lois a job at the Gotham Gazette, and Luthor's new company LexCorp buys out AmerTek and confiscates the Steel suit and Metallos for Task Force X's use.
In flashbacks, Sam trains Lois in finding the North Star, though they gradually become estranged due to his military work. In the present, Sam fears Waller has found him and leaves for a safehouse to prepare, but Lois gets involved against his wishes. While evading Damage and Atomic Skull, who intend to kill Sam, the Lanes convene with an old contact of his, Winslow Schott, but he betrays them to Agent Wilson. All throughout, the Lanes argue over Sam's methods driving them apart. Meanwhile, Jimmy learns he has been invited to serve as a guest speaker at a S.T.A.R. Labs symposium and invites Clark. However, they learn the topic is whether aliens like Superman do more harm than good. Complicating matters, Jimmy debates unsuccessfully against Luthor regarding Superman's trustworthiness and how powerful he is compared to humanity, among other points. When Task Force X and the Lanes' battle brings them to the symposium, Superman intervenes to help the pair escape. As Task Force X retreats, Luthor uses the aftermath to turn the attendees against Superman. Later that night, Clark sends a message to Kara, Sam disappears, Luthor and Waller gain support from S.T.A.R. Labs and the Pentagon, and Nemesis Omega approaches Earth.
Perry assigns Clark and Lois to interview Superman upon learning he was named a finalist in Metropolis' most eligible bachelor and bachelorette contest. Ignoring Perry's orders, Cat forces Lois into letting her join so she can uncover Superman's secret identity. Amidst the contest, Superman's fellow finalist Silver St. Cloud develops an interest in him while Cat dismisses Lois' affirmation that she is dating Superman, causing her to doubt her relationship with him. Meanwhile, Jimmy struggles to determine how to apologize to Clark following the symposium. Along the way, he encounters Kara, who has come to Metropolis to search for her cousin. After Jimmy offers to help her, they bond over touring Metropolis before eventually heading to the contest, where Jimmy learns Kara was searching for Superman, who is named the winner. Seeing Lois leave, he tries to reconcile with her, but she reveals her stress over Sam's disappearance, Vale's offer, and their frayed relationship. Suddenly, Kara assumes an armored form and attacks Superman, believing he is unfit to join the Kryptonian Empire. Despite Superman unlocking the power of ice breath in their ensuing fight, Kara defeats and captures him on her father, Brainiac's, orders.
Superman mounts an escape attempt until Kara claims there are other living Kryptonians. Using a thought-projector device, she explains that before Krypton fell, it was the most advanced society in the galaxy and invited less fortunate planets to share in their utopia. He attempts to explain why she cannot conquer Earth, but she questions why he limits himself around humans. After stumbling onto her secret collection of alien memorabilia, he asks her to show her a planet the Kryptonian Empire conquered. She takes him to Thanagar, but they find it in ruins, briefly causing Kara to question Brainiac's intentions before his robots bring her and Superman to his base, Kandor. Sending Kara away, Brainiac reveals he is a warmonger willing to kill those who refuse Kryptonian rule before detaining Superman and brainwashing Kara for disobeying him. However, Kara's memorabilia helps her remember her doubt towards Brainiac and the destruction the Kryptonian Empire left behind. While trying to determine what to do next, she encounters a spaceship piloted by Jimmy, Lois, Mallah, and the Brain.
Following Superman and Kara's battle, Waller announces the formation of the Human Defense Corps (HDC) and places Metropolis under martial law in preparation for an impending alien invasion. Meanwhile, Jimmy and Lois plan to break into S.T.A.R. Labs and steal an experimental spaceship so they can find Superman. To help them, they hire Willis, who agrees over her girlfriend Heat Wave's apparent protests, and recruit Mallah and the Brain, who had returned due to trouble with their multiversal doppelgangers and portal machine. Complicating matters, Jimmy discovers Lois intends to use her Kryptonite sample on Kara. Moreover, security proves tighter than expected due to Waller and Wilson overseeing Luthor's work on the Metallos. Quickly discovering their presence, Waller sends Wilson to capture Lois and Jimmy's group. Despite the chaos of evading Task Force X, Mallah and the Brain successfully launch the spaceship while Willis and Heat Wave, who were enacting a separate scheme to raid the armory, fend off the Metallos to ensure the group's escape. As Waller deems Luthor's work successful and allocates more resources for him, Mallah and the Brain use a newly constructed portal device to send them, Lois, and Jimmy into deep space, where they encounter Kara.
Brainiac uses the "Black Mercy" device to invade and manipulate Superman's memories, intending to transfer his AI to the latter's body before Kandor falls apart. Despite his best efforts, Superman fails to stop Brainiac from learning of Lois and Jimmy, using his connection to them against him, and eventually trapping his mind in a simulation of his birth family and a restored Krypton. Meanwhile, Kara and Jimmy reunite before they and Lois devise a plan to save Superman. While Mallah and the Brain stay behind to repair the spaceship, Jimmy and Lois infiltrate Kandor while Kara attempts to reason with Brainiac. Frustrated with her perceived rebelliousness, Brainiac confirms that he brainwashed her to serve his interests. Kara destroys his current body, but Brainiac successfully possesses Superman's body. Jimmy tries to use the Kryptonite on Brainiac, but he ejects him, Lois, and Kara into space before teleporting Kandor away. After Mallah and the Brain rescue the trio, Lois reveals she stole the Black Mercy and uses it on herself in an attempt to save Superman.
As Kara and Jimmy return to Earth to stop Brainiac, Jimmy attempts to warn Metropolis. Though the pair are separated from Mallah and the Brain and apprehended by Task Force X, they are rescued by the Daily Planet staff and Vale. With the odds against them, Kara starts to lose hope, but Lombard and Jimmy help her choose who she wants to be like Clark did. As Brainiac launches his invasion of Earth, Kara tries to stop him, but he overpowers her and Task Force X. Meanwhile, Lois successfully enters the simulation that Clark is trapped in, but is captured by Jor-El and his wife Lara, who know she does not belong and attempt to delete her due to the Black Mercy being unable to support multiple minds at once. However the simulation resets itself to when she first arrived every time they do so. Over the course of several resets, she gradually reaches out to and reconciles with Clark before they join forces to destroy the simulation. Forced back into his previous body, Brainiac retaliates by hacking the Metallos to defeat Kara and a restored Superman for him while he attempts to use Kandor to destroy Metropolis.
In light of what has transpired, the Human Defense Corps fail to shoot Kandor down. As Superman and Supergirl recover, they receive aid from Livewire, Heat Wave, and Intergang when getting to Kandor as the Daily Planet staff runs into John Henry Irons in the Steel armor. With no response from Hank Henshaw or her Task Force X agents, Waller continues to fight on the ground while Lex Luthor flees. Waller is saved from one of the hacked Metallos by Sam Lane. As Superman and Supergirl arrive on Kandor, Brainiac activiates the Eradicator Protocol to get control over Supergirl. Lois and Jimmy help Superman break Brainiac's control over Supergirl as she sports a new costume. They push Kandor all the way to the Sun where they find that the Sun gives them their powers. Brainiac activates the Black Zero Protocol in order to finish them off. Superman and Supergirl overcome the Black Zero Protocol as Kandor is destroyed by the Sun and Brainiac is destroyed in battle. Jonathan and Martha Kent later meet Kara. During the credits, Jonathan and Martha throw a cookout for Clark, Kara, Lois, Jimmy, John, and the Daily Planet staff, Lex Luthor fully establishes LexCorp with Slade Wilson by his side, Perry is enraged that Vicki scored an interview with Supergirl that topped his Supergirl article, and a news report states that Amanda Waller is still at large.
In the post-credits, Lois tells Clark that she turned down the job offer that Vicki gave her as they, Jimmy, and Kara go out to get some food.
== Sequel ==
Superman lll: The Hero Within (Coming Soon)
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