Overall the addition of Brando, slightly better pacing, the removal of the ridiculous amnesia kiss, the S throw and one or two less fluffy moments put this just above the theatrical version. It doesn't really work as the end of Superman 1 is changed in the process and there is the addition of screen tests where Lois and Clark look different but disregarding that I think that this is a better version. Notes on the Differences: -the beginning / no Eiffel tower/terrorism plot at the start -missile from SM1 cracks villains out of glass instead of a bomb from the elevator. -no Clark walking across the streets into the car. -no orange juice. -why they go to Niagara Falls is explained by Perry White not briefly by Lois in the hotel. -they don't get a tour of the hotel room. -Lois doesn't quiz Clark after the Niagara Falls incident. -different hotel - screen test -father talks to Luthor in crystal not mother. -Luthor dubbed -Lois jumps at the start off the Daily Planet building, not into the rapids in Canada. Superman doesn't come like in the theatrical version. -Lois shoots with a blank at Clark instead of Clark tripping and his hand going into the fire but not being burnt in the hotel. -3 villains in the country town scene is different. no arm wrestle. -no kid asks Zod to put his daddy down -no superman collecting food for dinner from forest -talks to father instead of mother when his powers are regenerated. -Conversation has a bit more bit to it. comes out in normal clothes. losers the superman outfit. -Washington Monument takes the place of Mount Rushmore -major fight scene varies. Statue of Liberty. no baseball hit. The underground fight lasts longer. -concluding fight doesn't occur. no throwing the giant s and multiple supermans. -Lois and Clark don't discuss the need to not be together. -no amnesia kiss. instead rotates the world back to where he did at the end of the 1st -pizza instead of hamburger-screentest -no president scene at the end

t's funny how much the director Albert Pyun has disowned the theatrical version of the film. Apparently even to the point of his DVD commentary not being included with the DVD because it was so scathing. But if you look at all of his other movies, most if not all certainly haven't been award winners. This did have a lot of problems though like from budget cuts and actors only being able to be on set for a very small amount of time. Not terrible, but very average.

I have revisited this and the biggest issue is Willie's character, who basically whinges for 2 hours. The second is that the scenes in the underground temple go on for too long. Prior to that, the movie moves at a fast pace, but then it seems like they are stuck there for half of the film. That aside, it's a fun action-adventure but is a level below the other movies in the trilogy. 3.5-3/5

An odd movie that begins with a husband (Cal) and wife (Isabel) dinning and discussing how many proposals they have had throughout their life, Cal having a number and Isabel only the one, from Cal. That then leads to Cal betting Isabel that she couldn't get someone to propose to her. The whole premise, for a married woman, to get close enough to someone for them to propose to her, which often comes after being intimate and years together makes little sense. I won't spoil the rest, but dismissing the plot issues, the first half to three-quarters has some quirky humour and I found it entertaining. The second half had me questioning some of the characters' decisions and how Isabel's and Cal's relationship was going which seems farfetched.

An unexpected sequel where the change in casting is explained by saying Adam Sandler and Damon Wayans were actors playing the real Jack and Archie, which, in this film, Kirk's character takes umbrage at a Jew playing him. Long story short, the main characters are reunited in an attempt to take down a cartel. Archie becomes involved after Jack pretends to be him at the start of the film where everything goes wrong putting the real Archie in danger. There are one or two laughs, mainly due to Archie's dirty quips, that go above and beyond what we got in the original, but it seems quite forced at times, particularly from other characters. The plot is basic and is filled with gratuitous profanity, nudity and violence. With the acting, Kirk seems like he cares but Faizon can't act or was told to play the character in a too laid-back fashion, because it seems like he phoned it in at times and is never a believable cop, and I don't just think it's the weight issue.