With the child safe, Zod and his accomplices are captured and banished to the Phantom Zone. “He’ll be a god to them,” Jor-El assures her. Leading scientist Jor-El (Russell Crowe) escapes the melee and despatches his only son Kal-El to Earth with the help of wife Lara (Ayelet Zurer). In a protracted prologue, Kryptonian General Zod (Michael Shannon) and sadistic right-hand woman Faora-Ul (Antje Traue) stage a coup on their doomed world. It’s a thrilling opening salvo that frequently quickens the pulse, but seldom touches the heart. What remains is a bombastic and bruising reboot, punctuated by overblown set pieces, which traces the central character’s journey from his war-ravaged home planet to the sun-kissed fields of Kansas. ‘Man Of Steel’ is cast in the mould of ‘Batman Begins’, removing any traces of campness or charm that distinguished the 1970s and 1980s big screen incarnations. Nolan’s fingerprints as producer and storyline co-writer are evident on every digitally enhanced frame of Zack Snyder’s film.
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