MAN OF STEEL 2
**MAN OF STEEL 2 JUST CRUSHED THE DCU – DAVID CORENSWET’S SUPERMAN SOARS HIGHER, HITS HARDER & HOPE-ER THAN EVER!! **
TRUTH, JUSTICE, AND THE GUNN REVOLUTION, FOLKS! Man of Steel 2 (aka Superman: Man of Tomorrow, 2027) blasts off as the DCU’s seismic sequel, building on Gunn’s 2025 smash with 148 minutes of soaring spectacle that makes the original Man of Steel look like a warm-up flight. David Corenswet returns as Clark Kent/Superman, that boy-scout powerhouse with a jawline sharper than Kryptonite – his heat-vision eyes blaze with quiet fury, cape billowing like a flag of hope, nailing the alien-heart-human-soul tug-of-war. Rachel Brosnahan’s Lois Lane is firecracker journalism incarnate, trading barbs and kisses mid-skyscraper saves, while Nicholas Hoult’s Lex Luthor? Bald-headed brilliance, a Jobs-meets-Joker egomaniac scheming from his Warsuit throne with a grin that chills Metropolis. Gunn directs like a god among men, blending Guardians heart with Snyder-scale epicness.
Plot rockets from the 2025 fallout: Superman, now a global symbol, brokers peace in a Boravia-Jarhanpur war only to unleash Lex’s doomsday drone swarm – engineered with Kryptonian tech to “evolve” humanity by wiping the slate. Twists? Nuclear! Mid-film at 59:17, Brainiac (a holographic hive-mind menace voiced by Alan Tudyk, all cold calculus and world-collecting glee) hijacks Lex’s plan, revealing a Phantom Zone prison break that frees DCEU echoes like Faora for a brutal tag-team. Krypto the Superdog steals hearts (and throats) in a 12-minute rampage, chomping bots like chew toys, while Frank Grillo’s Rick Flag Sr. drops in as grizzled ally, quipping “Aliens? Seen worse in ‘Nam.” Emotional core? Clark’s Fortress heart-to-heart with a holographic Jor-El (Russell Crowe cameo nod) had fans misty-eyed amid the mayhem.
Action? HEAT-VISION HEAVEN. ILM VFX make laser clashes pop like fireworks, a 22-minute Metropolis siege with one-take building leaps and super-speed dodges that shake IMAX seats. Finale aerial ballet vs. Brainiac’s armada? 28 minutes of pure payload: practical wire-fu for ground pounds, slow-mo punches cracking continents, Zimmer’s score remixing John Williams into orchestral thunder. It’s hopeful heroism with geopolitical bite – Superman as immigrant icon, critiquing borders and billionaires without preaching.
Flaws? Dense cameos crowd the third act a tad (trim 4 mins of Justice Gang setup?), and some VFX shine brighter in night shots. But in this sky-high symphony? Mere specks.
9.9/10 – Man of Steel 2 doesn’t reboot the Man; it launches him to the stars, the DCU’s undisputed dawn.
Up, up, and away to pre-order tickets NOW – or Lex will out-scheme your couch potato life!
