Superman: Red Son posits a world where Superman did not crash land in Kansas, but rather Russia during the Soviet Union days. Jason Isaacs voices our comrade in the red and blue. Superman becomes a symbol for the Soviet Union where he is used as a PR piece. After stopping a failed satellite from crashing into the Eastern Seaboard of the United States, Lois Lane confronts him with information about the enslavement of his own people in the gulags. He witnesses the death of his childhood friend, Superman combats the evils of the world. Lex Luthor isn’t comfortable with Superman’s power, and invents his own Übermensch. This (of course) goes totally wrong.
You guys, I kind of wish Superman really did nuke Stalin with his eyes. Please don’t use this movie as your entire basis for Russian history. I’d recommend reading Gulag: A History. Be aware that it’s hard to stomach some of the very real things that happened to people in these gulags. Even though the film does try to show them as terrible, it’s not even a fraction of what people endured. The movie is a fun distraction for right now and Wonder Woman confesses she’s a lesbian like five minutes after being introduced. There’s also a guy exploding after trying to claim he is America. Come for Batman in an ushanka; stay because you’re quarantined in your house.
Superman: Red Son is now available on Blu-ray today.
