Man of Steel (film)

Man of Steel is a 2013 BritishAmerican superhero film based on the DC Comics character Superman, coproduced by Legendary Pictures and Syncopy Films, and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. It is the first installment in the DC Extended Universe. Directed by Zack Snyder and written by David S. Goyer, the film stars Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon, Diane Lane, Kevin Costner, Laurence Fishburne, Antje Traue, Ayelet Zurer, Christopher Meloni, and Russell Crowe. Man of Steel is a reboot of the Superman film series that portrays the characters origin story.

Scientist JorEl and his wife Lara briefly celebrate the birth of their son, KalEl, the first naturally born Kryptonian child in centuries. Aware of the cause for their civilizations ruin, JorEl infuses KalEl cells with a genetic codex of the entire Kryptonian race, and puts KalEl on a spacecraft to planet Earth. Zod kills JorEl but fails to retrieve the codex. He and his followers are exiled to the Phantom Zone for treason. After Krypton explodes, they are indirectly freed and become the sole survivors of Krypton, aside from KalEl.KalEls ship lands in Smallville, a small town in Kansas. He is adopted by Jonathan and Martha Kent, who name him Clark. Clarks Kryptonian physiology affords him superhuman abilities on Earth, much to his confusion. Despite his isolation from the community, he eventually uses his powers to help others. After revealing to a teenage Clark that he is an extraterrestrial, Jonathan reveals his concern about social rejection and forewarns him not to use his powers in public. Several years later, after they have an argument, Jonathan dies in a tornado while refusing to let Clark use his powers to save him. After Jonathans death, an adult Clark spends several years living a nomadic lifestyle, working different jobs under assumed identities, anonymously performing good deeds, and struggling to cope with the loss of his adoptive father. ........

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