The 10 worst fight scenes in superhero movies
By Ashley Hurst
Superman vs. Nuclear Man — Superman IV: The Quest for Peace, 1987
There’s a reason why Christopher Reeve repeatedly said he wasn’t keen on playing Superman again after the third installment in the franchise. The quality of the movies was already going downhill. It cratered in Superman IV: The Quest For Peace, which saw Clark Kent take it upon himself to rid the world of nuclear weapons to keep it safe. That is until nemesis Lex Luthor created Nuclear Man (Mark Pillow), the only being powerful enough to take down the Man of Steel.
#OnThisDay 1983: Christopher Reeve explained why he felt that Superman III should be his last stint as the Man of Steel. pic.twitter.com/ap0SrLIRXv
— BBC Archive (@BBCArchive) July 18, 2020
Superman’s face-off with Nuclear Man was not what anyone wanted for Christopher’s swan song as this iconic character. Not only does Nuclear Man look far too ridiculous to take seriously, but the fight itself is filled with some of the worst CGI you’ll ever see in any superhero movie. I mean, come on, the original Superman movie had better effects when it came out in 1979!
Oh, and it re-uses shots from previous Superman movies. This fight is one for the ages in the worst way.