Reign Of The Supermen Review: 6 Ups & 4 Downs

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6. It Faithfully Adapts A Tough Comic Storyline

Reign Of The Superman Cyborg Superman
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment

Considering how unfathomably silly the Reign of the Superman comic storyline is on paper, it's truly impressive how faithfully it's been adapted here, and with a solid measure of success, too.

A very long, turgid story has been condensed down to just 87 minutes yet manages to feel more concise and to-the-point than overly rushed.

Moreover, it fully commits to the notion of Superman being dead for the bulk of the movie, rather than hastening his revival for commercial reasons.

While not every Superman fan is going to be totally content with the aesthetic of the black suit Superman, this is a decidedly tougher story to adapt than The Death of Superman, and it certainly gets more right than it does wrong.

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