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Superman: Red Son

2020 1h 24m
Science Fiction Animation Action
MOVIEVIBE Rating
7.1/10
917 reviews
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Superman: Red Son

Set in the thick of the Cold War, Red Son introduces us to a Superman who landed in the USSR during the 1950s and grows up to become a Soviet symbol that fights for the preservation of Stalin’s brand of communism.

"The cold war is heating up."

Top Billed Cast

Jason Isaacs
Jason Isaacs
Superman (voice)
Amy Acker
Amy Acker
Lois Lane (voice)
Diedrich Bader
Diedrich Bader
Lex Luthor (voice)
Vanessa Marshall
Vanessa Marshall
Diana / Wonder Woman (voice)
Phil Morris
Phil Morris
James Olsen (voice)
Paul Williams
Paul Williams
Brainiac (voice)
Greg Chun
Greg Chun
Ambassador Lee (voice)
Roger Craig Smith
Roger Craig Smith
Batman (voice)

Detailed Critic & Audience Reviews

G Gimly Verified TMDB Critic
2020-05-19

A pretty underwhelming film adaptation of one of DC's best arcs. The original Superman story it's based on is **so** good, that this still comes away being okay by association, but it's still very disappointing compared to the source material, and isolated to itself is still an only okay sit down with the Big Red Boy Scout.

_Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole._...

J JPV852 Verified TMDB Critic
2020-05-30

Okay DC animated movie, a little heavy-handed and features some bad dialogue, but I did like the voice acting from Jason Isaacs as Superman and pretty good animation as well. Nothing I'd watch again but maybe worth a rental. **3/5**...

T TkA Verified TMDB Critic
2026-07-30

**It was ok, but does a disservice to the comic.**

This movie is based on the 3-Part 2003 comic of the same name.

The art style is roughly the same as the comic, but in 3D in some places, and the art is probably the best thing that transferred over.

Some quotes were directly taken out from the comic, but their placement in the story wasn't always well thought out. For example there was a line about a 'bloodless' revolution in the comic that worked there because it was bloodless revolution in the comic, but it's not so in the movie, and so is out of place and makes Superman look delusi...