Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

Continuity mistake: Nuclear Man lands on Metropolis and all the traffic in both lanes is jammed and no cars move. When he walks a couple of feet suddenly the right lane, which had space for a car the most, is empty and with space enough to let two taxis appear from nowhere and run for several feet.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: While the subway is running loose, Lois stares at something, an immediate POV reveals it's the bystanders on the platform. But this is all wrong, the train is inside a pitch black tunnel all the time.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: A fireman tries to grab the hose from the back of the truck and wounds himself. But half a second before there was no fireman there.

Sacha

Revealing mistake: When the volcano erupts, it's obviously a painting because the lava doesn't flow or move an inch.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: Superman walks to a building in front surrounded by grass and with no people or traffic nearby. However, immediately after, a close-up shows him approaching a totally different place, crowded with people and a traffic jammed street.

Sacha

Visible crew/equipment: While Nuclear Man destroys Metropolis, a bunch of people appear behind him, specially a woman with a white gabardine, a funny wig, dark glasses and a big fake nose. She reappears in a totally different place two seconds later, when the police cars arrive.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: In the very beginning of the film, a satellite dish next to the Russian cosmonaut keeps appearing and disappearing.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: When Lacy is seducing Clark in the office, she places her left leg on the table, several inches away form the edge. From the opposite angle it's on the very edge of the table.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: When Lacy is seducing Clark, he is sitting straight, but in the following angle he is leaning backwards with his head tilted sideways.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: When the Russian spaceship is spinning round, the bright and orange light inside and its minimal decoration are totally different to the inside shots, with a dim light and cables and stuff everywhere.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: Before Superman throws the heavy weights at the gay gym instructor, two small weights are laying parallel on the floor. A second later one has moved underneath the bench.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: When Superman is about to take the Russian cosmonaut back inside his spaceship, a first angle shows him very close to the doorway. A shot later he is farther away.

Sacha

Superman: You'd risk world wide nuclear war for your own personal financial gain.
Lex Luthor: Nobody wants war. I just want to keep the threat alive.

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Trivia: During the making of this movie Christopher Reeve and Sidney J. Furie didn't get along at all and often clashed with each other.

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Question: Why is this movie so full of mistakes and plot holes? Was it created by incompetent crew?

Answer: It was made on a very low budget. Golen - Golbus productions bought the rights to Superman. They were mostly known for B-Movies with not so big name stars. It was there attempt to play with the big studios. Plus at least 45 minutes of scenes were cut out, with major subplots.

In addition to budget cuts, they kept shortening the runtime, meaning scenes needed to be cut. The comic book adaptation has the uncut scenes and makes much more sense.

Answer: It should also be noted that the film was originally slated to have a budget of $32 million, which is in roughly the same range as the budget for "Superman III" and movies like Tim Burton's original "Batman." However, shortly before shooting began, the budget was cut by nearly 50%, all the way down to $17 million. As a result, the production was very patchy and rushed. This had an adverse effect on everything.

TedStixon

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