SUPERMAN MAN OF STEEL (2013)

***Man of Steel*** is a reboot to the Superman franchise. It was released on June 14, 2013 and is the first film in the DC Extended Universe. The film follows Clark Kent on a journey to discover who he really is and battle against his kind led by the renegade General Zod. A follow-up entitled Superman The Movie (2013~2016) was released in 2016.

## Plot

After Planet Krypton Destroyed But Soon Kal-El Arrived On Earth As Adopted Home And His Adopted Family Named Him As Clark Kent Clark's Kryptonian physiology affords him superhuman abilities on Earth. With Martha's support, young Clark gradually learns to hone the abilities that initially caused him confusion and discomfort. Jonathan reveals to a teenage Clark that he is an alien, and advises him to not utilize his powers publicly, fearing that society would reject him. After Jonathan is killed by a tornado, an adult Clark spends the next several years living a nomadic lifestyle, working different jobs under false names to cover his tracks and hide his identity. He eventually discovers a Kryptonian scout ship with technology that allows him to communicate with the consciousness of Jor-El in the form of a hologram. Lois Lane, a young journalist from the Daily Planet, also discovers the ship while pursuing a story, and is rescued by Clark when she is injured by a Kryptonian drone. Lois's editor Perry White rejects her story of a "superhuman" rescuer, so she traces Clark back to Smallville with the intention of writing an exposé. After hearing his story, she decides to keep his secret.

Detecting the scout ship, Zod, who was released prematurely from the Phantom Zone due to Krypton's destruction, travels to Earth where he demands that Kal-El surrender himself, or watch humanity "suffer the consequences". Clark agrees to surrender to the U.S. military, who hand Lois and Clark over to Zod's second in command, Faora, at Zod's request. Zod reveals to Clark that he intends to use a terraforming device called a "World Engine" to transform Earth into a Krypton-like planet, to eradicate the human population, and to use the codex to repopulate the planet with genetically-engineered Kryptonians. After Clark and Lois escape the ship with the help of Jor-El, Clark confronts and defeats Zod's forces in Smallville, which convinces the military that he is on their side. Learning that the codex is attached to Clark's DNA, Zod deploys the world engine and initiates the terraforming in Metropolis and over the Indian ocean.

To stop this attack, Clark, now dubbed "Superman", and Lois inform the US military that dropping the spacecraft that brought Clark to Earth will create a singularity that will return Zod's ship and crew to the Phantom Zone. After Superman stops the world engine in the Indian Ocean, the military succeeds in their mission, taking out Zod's ship and his army, including Faora. Zod, having been separated from his ship earlier, was unharmed, and he and Superman engage in a batlle to the death. After a battle spanning the breadth of Metropolis, Superman is forced to kill Zod to save a family of civilians in danger from Zod's heat vision. Superman decides to return to his normal life by resuming the identity of Clark Kent, and is hired by White as a reporter for the Daily Planet.
[Cast]
Kal-El/Clark Kent/Superman :Leiv Aleksander Bjerga And Tim Daly:
Jonathan Kent :Kevin Costner:
Martha Kent :Diane Lane:
Lois Lane :Dana Delany:
General Dru-Zod :John Gisborne:
Treaynch :Steve Blum:
Golith :Nolan North:
Tankor-Tuork :Nolan North:
Faora-Ul :Antje Traue:
Colonel Nathan Hardy :Christopher Meloni:
David Paetkau as Threat Analyzer
Harry Lennix as General Swanwick
Laurence Fishburne as Perry White
Richard Schiff as Dr. Emil Hamilton
Jadin Gould as Lana Lang
Joseph Cranford as Pete Ross
Jack Foley as Young Pete Ross
Robert Gerdisch as Whitney Fordham
Rowen Kahn as Kenny Braverman
Michael Kelly as Steve Lombard
Rebecca Buller as Jenny Jurwich
Tahmoh Penikett as Jed Eubanks
Alessandro Juliani as Officer Sekowsky
Coburn Goss as Father Leone
Mackenzie Gray as Jax-Ur
Richard Cetrone as Tor-An
Revard Dufresne as Dev-Em
Samantha Jo as Car-Vex
Apollonia Vanova as Nadira
Julian Richings as Lor-Em
Mary Black as Ro-Zar
Ian Tracey as Ludlow
Carla Gugino as the voice of Kelex
Rondel Reynoldson as the voice of Kelor
Christina Wren as Carrie Farris
David Lewis as Major Laramore
Chad Krowchuk as Glen Woodburn
Heidi Kettenring as Helen Ross
Doug Abrahams as Heraldson
Brad Kelly as Byrne
Lesley Bevan as Ms. Rampling
Carmen Lavigne as Chrissy
Howard Siegel as Weaver
Chris Palermo as Sergeant Vance