Yes, in Bryan Singer‘s film, Superman doesn’t throw a punch. But neither did Richard Donner’s Kal-El in his first Superman movie, which "Returns" serves as a quasi-sequel (rebootquel?) that finds Supes returning to Earth after a long absence to find a world that’s moved on without him — just as Lex Luthor resurfaces to cause worldwide trouble. While "Returns" is too much of a love letter to Donner’s film for its own good, it does provide more earned moments to emotionally invest in than Snyder’s reboot, which favored punching over heart.
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