The film opens with on-screen text that recounts a recent reshaping of the world: centuries ago the first metahumans are discovered and a new age of gods and monsters begins. Thirty years prior, Jonathan and Martha Kent find an alien infant in a cornfield and adopt him, naming him Clark. Three years ago Clark publicly becomes Superman, the most powerful metahuman and a protector of Metropolis. Three weeks before the main events, Superman halts a Boravian military advance into Jarhanpur, an intervention that sparks an international controversy and draws the glare of powerful men who resent his power.

In the present, Superman (David Corenswet) patrols the skies over Metropolis. A mysterious assailant called the Hammer of Boravia strikes him down in a public clash and the city reels. Clark retreats to the Arctic, where Krypto the superdog summons him to the Fortress of Solitude. Inside the crystalline sanctuary, three robotic stewards--voices provided by Alan Tudyk, Michael Rooker and Pom Klementieff--place Superman on a healing platform and position him before an artificial sun to replenish his strength. While the machines nurture him, the Fortress plays a recorded message from his biological parents, Jor-El (Bradley Cooper) and Lara (Angela Sarafyan), which the robots project and translate.

By the time Superman recovers enough to return to Metropolis, news outlets broadcast a version of the message Lex Luthor (Nicholas Hoult) has seized and translated worldwide: Jor-El and Lara declare that they exiled their son to Earth to dominate and rule its peoples. Public sentiment flips. Crowds that once celebrated the Man of Steel now call him a threat. Clark, dazed by the implication that his birth parents wanted him to conquer, withdraws from full-time heroics and accepts a quieter life for a period, even as he keeps his relationship with Lois Lane (Rachel Brosnahan) private. The two have been dating; Lois already knows he is Superman and presses Clark about his decision to interfere in foreign conflicts. She challenges him for overstepping when he stopped the Boravian advance, and they argue about whether he should have stayed out of Jarhanpur's affairs. Their intimacy frays; Lois suggests they take a break.

Lex Luthor watches the chaos he has sown from his corporate towers. Luthor convenes with government figures, including agents from A.R.G.U.S. and Rick Flag Sr. (Frank Grillo), to denounce Superman's intervention in Boravia. Luthor's contempt for Superman extends beyond politics: he believes the alien makes ordinary human beings irrelevant. To leverage the controversy into outright destruction of Superman's public standing and to engineer a global spectacle, Luthor bankrolls a group of flashy new metaheroes -- Guy Gardner/Green Lantern (Nathan Fillion), Mr. Terrific (Edi Gathegi) and Hawkgirl (Isabela Merced) -- who operate publicly as a team funded by Maxwell Lord (Sean Gunn) and dubbed the Justice Gang. Luthor also recruits a weapon designer, Angela Spica, who goes by the Engineer (Maria Gabriela de Faria) and whose bloodstream is infused with weaponizing nanites that let her materialize any armament she imagines. Luthor has taken the Hammer of Boravia into his employ. That Hammer is not an independent villain but a manufactured opponent--Ultraman, a cloned body built in Superman's image and under Luthor's control.

Luthor and the Engineer infiltrate the Fortress of Solitude. They abduct Krypto, the superdog, and the Engineer hacks the Fortress' systems. In the hacked files they retrieve the message from Jor-El and Lara and arrange for its translation and global broadcast. The day the message airs, Luthor also unleashes a small, living creature in Metropolis that rapidly mutates into a massive kaiju. Superman arrives to subdue the monster with nonlethal force. As he struggles to calm the thing, the Justice Gang intervenes. Superman pleads for restraint and for a humane solution, but Mr. Terrific deploys explosives directly into the creature's gutted torso, detonating them and ripping the beast apart from within. Citizens cheer the more decisive approach, and television pundits--among them a vitriolic Peacemaker (John Cena)--turn on Superman for his restraint. Public opinion collapses further when the translated Jor-El message airs: the Kents' adopted son now faces accusations that his origin destined him to rule Earth.

The moment intensifies when Luthor broadcasts footage and commentary tying Superman to the Boravia-Jarhanpur clash in a way that makes him appear a hostile foreign interventionist. Clark watches his image and reputation collapse. Humiliated and confused about the implication of his parents' words, he surrenders himself to the United States government to avoid further bloodshed. Rick Flag hands him over to Lex Luthor. Luthor does not transport Superman to a conventional cell; he traps him in a laboratory pocket dimension that he uses as a private prison for people he holds grudges against. The pocket dimension is a folded, artificial space engineered inside LutherCorp: its gravitational and spatial rules bend in unnatural ways and Luthor can open and close the portal at will.

Inside the pocket prison Luthor places Superman in a cell alongside Joseph, known publicly as Metamorpho (Anthony Carrigan), another metahuman who can transmute his body into different organic compounds. Luthor isolates Metamorpho's young son, Baby Joey, in a separate cell and uses the boy as leverage. He also forces Metamorpho to create explosives and, crucially, to synthesize kryptonite--organic formulations that weaken the Man of Steel when he is near them. In front of Superman, Luthor stages a demonstration of his power: he brings a civilian, Malik Ali (Dinesh Thyagarajan), who had aided Superman during the earlier fight with the Hammer, into the prison and executes him to send a message. Luthor orders a guard to shoot Malik dead in the pocket dimension; the guard fires and Malik collapses, blood pooling as Superman reels in horror. The execution traumatizes Superman and compels Metamorpho to confront the moral cost of their confinement.

Meanwhile, within Luthor's corporate orbit, his girlfriend Eve Teschmacher (Sara Sampaio) grows weary of his emotional cruelty. She contacts Jimmy Olsen (Skyler Gisondo), a Daily Planet photographer with whom she'd shared an intimate encounter. Eve covertly copies files from LutherCorp and promises Jimmy proof of Luthor's malfeasance, attempting to set up a meeting. Ultraman discovers Eve in the servers and drags her from the building, but Eve manages to transmit a number of seemingly innocuous selfies to Jimmy. When Jimmy shows those images to Lois, she notices hidden metadata and embedded documents inside the photos that reveal Luthor's dealings: emails and contracts showing he conspired with Boravian President Vasil Ghurkos (Zlatko Buric) to foment a conflict that would allow Luthor to carve out a monarchic fiefdom in Jarhanpur. Lois brings the files to Editor-in-Chief Perry White (Wendell Pierce), and she, Jimmy, Cat Grant (Mikaela Hoover), Steve Lombard (Beck Bennett) and Ron Troupe (Christopher McDonald) board Mr. Terrific's hovercraft and set out to publish the truth.

Back in the pocket dimension Superman and Metamorpho struggle under the psychological strain. Metamorpho initially distrusts the Man of Steel, but Superman persuades him that he will do the right thing to protect others. In a desperate gambit to free himself and Baby Joey, Metamorpho phases into an energy-form and generates a beam of light approaching the intensity of the sun's rays; the beam restores Superman's strength by bathing him in solar energy even within the artificial field. Superman breaks out of his cell, locates Baby Joey and reunites the terrified little boy with his father. He then follows the scent of Krypto and finds the superdog caged nearby; Krypto breaks free, rips through guards and devastates Luthor's goons. As the escape begins, the pocket dimension grows unstable; its portal blinks with warning signals and the room warps as if pulled toward a singularity.

Lois and Mr. Terrific breach LutherCorp's secure areas and discover the portal into the pocket prison. Terrific warns Lois that repeatedly opening the pocket dimension weakens the fabric between realities and risks catastrophic consequences. They pass through the portal and find Superman, Metamorpho, Krypto and Baby Joey. Terrific overrides security and as LutherCorp's forces descend the group flees back through the portal. Luthor opens the pocket dimension once more in a fury to apprehend Eve and to trap those who betrayed him; each time he opens and closes the portal the adjacent spacetime begins to tear. In Metropolis a long rift splits the skyline, searing buildings with a luminescent wound that carves through blocks and bridges. Citizens witness a giant crack in the sky. Terrific hacks into LutherCorp's systems as Superman races to stabilize the rift.

The Boravian army advances again on Jarhanpur under orders from President Ghurkos. Children in Jarhanpur raise a flag and plead for Superman to intervene. Clark calls on allied metahumans to help: he summons Guy Gardner, Metamorpho and Hawkgirl to Jarhanpur while he tends to the growing rift over Metropolis. Guy uses his ring to tear apart tanks and armored transports, rendering the battlefield impassable to lines of soldiers. Metamorpho transmutes his limbs into blunt, organic weapons and seals breaches in civilian shelters while he hurls enemy soldiers aside. Hawkgirl infiltrates Ghurkos's palace, neutralizes guards and seizes the tyrant. Ghurkos believes Hawkgirl shares Superman's moral code and expects she will spare him. Hawkgirl instead drops him out of a shattered window and he plummets to his death amid the rubble of the palace.

Back above Metropolis Superman confronts Ultraman as he fights to close the rift. Ultraman, an engineered double created from Superman's DNA and shaped for unchecked aggression, pummels Clark with brutal blows. The Engineer attempts to finish Superman by forcing her nanites down his throat, a method intended to rewrite his physiology and render him obedient. Clark flies upward into the thin air above Earth's atmosphere to escape the nanites' reach; he climbs so far that the Engineer, who is tethered to the nanite network, loses consciousness as pressure differentials and the limits of her tethered systems corrupt her control. She survives, but for the moment Superman gains an opening. Luthor monitors the fight from LutherCorp and manipulates Ultraman via drones and remote commands. As long as Luthor can observe Ultraman through his array of cameras, Clark has no clear path to neutralize the clone without risking civilians.

Clark whistles. Krypto hears him. The superdog tears through the labyrinth of LutherCorp's drone network and smashes the cameras that feed Luthor's control. Without that surveillance Luthor cannot steer Ultraman's actions. Superman seizes the tactical advantage and maneuvers the clone into the path of a city bus cast from a shattered street by the rift's upheaval; Ultraman strikes the bus and is flung into the gaping breach. The clone is pulled violently into the forming singularity and is consumed--sucked into the black hole that opens where the pocket dimension has intersected with real space. Ultraman disappears into the rift's maw.

While Superman battles above, Lois and the Daily Planet team upload Eve's files and Luthor's private correspondence to the world. The journalists publish the evidence that Luthor colluded with Ghurkos to invade Jarhanpur with the aim of creating a client monarchy and of eliminating Superman. The disclosures play live on every station, exposing Luthor's orchestration of the diplomatic crisis.

Mr. Terrific, still connected to LutherCorp's central servers, reroutes control and directs emergency sequences to stabilize the spatial tear. He executes a sequence that reconfigures Luthor's computer arrays and closes the pocket dimension's breach, sealing the rift with code and electromagnetic pulses. As Terrific locks down the systems, Superman crashes through LutherCorp's atrium and confronts Lex Luthor personally. Luthor raves about his designs: he tells how his campaign engineered public mistrust, how his designs created Ultraman and exploited geopolitics to break Superman's influence. Clark responds with a direct appeal--he asserts his humanity and his responsibilities in front of the corporate witness pool. He speaks to the sirens and the cameras, to the world now watching; he does not conjure majestic rhetoric but insists on the choices he has made and will make. Before Luthor can continue his tirade, Krypto bounds forward and attacks him. The superdog lunges, pins Luthor against a column and savages the billionaire, knocking him to the floor and leaving him gasping as security closes in.

Officers arrive to restrain Luthor. Security forces and government authorities arrest him and move him into custody; the film later notes that Luthor is sent to Belle Reve, a high-security detention facility. As the final exposures circulate, public opinion in Metropolis shifts back. The Daily Planet articles and video evidence clear Superman of the accusations that he intended to conquer Earth; instead they reveal a calculated scheme by Luthor to manipulate geopolitics and public trust for personal gain.

In Jarhanpur the allied metahumans stand among the survivors. Hawkgirl flies from the palace and descends to where the civilians gather as recovery crews arrive. Guy Gardner touches down amid the rubble and exchanges tense, wordless looks with Superman. Metamorpho kneels to check on Baby Joey and the man's son. Mr. Terrific appears in the city center having sealed the rift and shut down the dangerous portal systems. The newly reconstituted Justice Gang now includes Metamorpho among their number.

Lois goes to meet Clark after the rift is sealed and Luthor is in custody. She asks him to do one more interview as Superman. Clark takes the opportunity not as a performer but as a man. They rise off the ground, float above the streets of Metropolis, and in midair they share a sustained, passionate kiss. Their physical reunion serves as a visible sign of their renewed partnership.

Eve and Jimmy reconnect after the pocket-dimension ordeal. Terrified employees and the prisoners Luthor kept--Eve among them--leave the artificial prison now closed. Eve and Jimmy begin to build a relationship outside of LutherCorp's shadow.

In the aftermath Superman returns to the Fortress of Solitude for solace. He greets one of the Fortress' robots and comforts Krypto, who has been claimed by Kara Zor-El, Clark's cousin and Supergirl (Milly Alcock), who arrives to pick up her companion. Clark lies down on the Fortress' solar bed and is positioned before the artificial sun. The robots play a sequence of archived clips: home movies and gentle memories of Clark's childhood with Ma and Pa Kent. Clark watches scenes of the Kents' kindness--Martha and Jonathan are alive in the recordings--and presses a palm to the glass as the solar light bathes him. He allows the sun to recharge him while images of his adoptive parents play across the crystalline walls. The film ends with Clark resting, recharged and resolved, as the robots tend the sanctuary and the Fortress plays the last of the Kent memories.

During the closing credits an additional cutaway shows Superman floating above the moon with Krypto in his arms, looking down at Earth. In a post-credits beat Clark and Mr. Terrific examine a repaired building in Metropolis; Clark remarks on an uneven seam in the construction, and Terrific responds with a characteristic quip, the two men standing in the city they helped save as crews restore what was damaged. The story concludes with Superman alive, the corrupt architect of his fall arrested, allies in place and the hero returning to his life and responsibilities.

In the 2025 film Superman, the ending shows Superman defeating the villainous clone Ultraman and Lex Luthor's schemes being exposed. Lex is arrested, Ultraman is trapped in a black hole, and the Engineer is taken into custody. Superman embraces his humanity by replacing a Kryptonian message with one from his Earth parents. Supergirl arrives to retrieve Krypto, and the world once again accepts Superman as a hero.

The ending unfolds with Superman confronting the final threats orchestrated by Lex Luthor. After a fierce battle, Superman faces Ultraman, a clone created by Luthor from a single hair of Superman, designed to kill him. Ultraman is controlled by Luthor through drone cameras. Superman calls upon his superpowered dog, Krypto, who destroys these cameras, allowing Superman to fight Ultraman fairly. In a decisive moment, Superman sends Ultraman flying into a black hole that had opened beneath Metropolis due to Luthor's out-of-control pocket universe technology. Ultraman is trapped there, effectively neutralized.

Meanwhile, the Engineer, an ally of Luthor who had tried to kill Superman by forcing nanites down his throat, loses control and consciousness after Superman flies high above Earth's atmosphere. She survives but is taken into custody.

Lex Luthor's plot to discredit and kill Superman is fully exposed by the Daily Planet reporters, with help from Eve Teschmacher. They reveal Luthor's manipulation of the Boravian conflict and his use of a stolen Kryptonian message urging Superman to conquer Earth. This evidence leads to Luthor's arrest and his imprisonment, presumably at Belle Reve, ending his reign of terror.

In the final moments, Superman replaces the original Kryptonian message from his birth parents, Jor-El and Lara Lor-Van, with a recording of his adoptive Earth parents, Ma and Pa Kent. This symbolizes his choice to embrace his humanity and protect Earth rather than rule it. Supergirl arrives to retrieve Krypto, signaling a continuation of the legacy and support for Superman. The world, having seen the truth, once again embraces Superman as a hero despite Luthor's attempts to paint him as a villain.

The fates of the main characters at the end are:

• Superman (Clark Kent): Victorious, embraces his human upbringing, and is accepted as a hero.
• Lex Luthor: Exposed, arrested, and imprisoned.
• Ultraman: Trapped in a black hole, effectively neutralized.
• The Engineer (Angela Spica): Taken into custody but survives.
• Krypto: Retrieved by Supergirl, continuing to support Superman.

This ending ties up the major conflicts and sets the stage for future stories in the new DC Universe.

Yes, several characters die in the 2025 Superman movie, each under different circumstances:

• A street vendor who helped Superman after he was knocked down during a fight is killed by Lex Luthor. Lex brings the man into his pocket universe and, while playing Russian roulette to threaten Superman, accidentally kills the vendor.

• Ultraman, a metahuman clone of Superman created by Lex Luthor, dies near the end of the film. After a battle in Metropolis, Superman fights Ultraman and ultimately sends him flying into a black hole in Lex Luthor's pocket dimension, resulting in Ultraman's death.

• Rick Flag Jr., a noble DC hero, dies in a notably mundane way. He is killed by a piece of an ordinary household item (a toilet) stabbed into him by a character without powers. This death is remembered for its unceremonious nature and has narrative significance in the DC Universe timeline.

No other character deaths are detailed in the available information. The deaths occur at different points: the street vendor during Lex's attempt to coerce Superman, Ultraman at the climax of the battle in Metropolis, and Rick Flag Jr.'s death is referenced as part of the broader DC narrative connected to the 2025 film universe.

Yes, the 2025 movie Superman has a post-credits scene. It features a humorous interaction between Superman and Mister Terrific. They stand next to a Metropolis building that was damaged by Luthor's pocket dimension rift and then repaired by Mister Terrific. Superman points out that the building looks "just a little off," which annoys Mister Terrific, who responds angrily, asking if Superman wants him to take it apart and fix it again. Superman apologizes, calling himself a jerk, while Mister Terrific walks away frustrated.

Additionally, there is a mid-credits scene showing Superman and his dog Krypto sitting on the moon, quietly staring at Earth. This moment is peaceful and reflective, symbolizing Superman's love for Earth and its people after the intense events of the movie.

The main antagonist is billionaire Lex Luthor, who allies with Angela Spica / The Engineer and creates a metahuman clone of Superman called Ultraman to defeat the real Superman. Luthor also manipulates the nation of Boravia to invade Jarhanpur and unleashes a kaiju on Metropolis as a distraction while infiltrating Superman's Fortress of Solitude.

Superman receives a damaged message from his Kryptonian birth parents urging him to conquer Earth and restore the Kryptonian race, which shocks him and complicates his identity. He struggles to reconcile this with his human upbringing and his role as a protector of Earth.

Krypto assists Superman by helping him retreat to the Fortress of Solitude after his first defeat, destroys Lex Luthor's drone cameras to give Superman a fair fight against Ultraman, and is captured by Luthor's forces during the infiltration of the Fortress.

The Justice Gang consists of Green Lantern, Mister Terrific, and Hawkgirl. They assist Superman in fighting the kaiju unleashed on Metropolis. Despite Superman wanting to capture the creature alive, Mister Terrific kills it.

Superman agrees to be interviewed by Lois Lane, his girlfriend and colleague at the Daily Planet, which leads to an argument about the legal and ethical implications of his actions in Boravia. Lois also helps expose Lex Luthor's involvement with Boravia by uploading evidence to the Daily Planet's website.

The 2025 Superman movie, directed by James Gunn, is rated PG-13 for violence, action, and language. Despite this rating--which is standard for contemporary superhero films--Gunn has described the movie as "relatively serious" yet "pretty family-friendly," aiming for a tone that can engage and inspire both children and adults.

Family Friendliness and Sensitive Content

• Intended Audience: The film is designed to appeal to a wide audience, including children, but the PG-13 rating means it may contain content considered too intense for very young viewers.
• Potentially Objectional or Upsetting Content:
• Violence and Action: Given the PG-13 rating, expect action sequences featuring superhero fights, destruction, and peril. These scenes may include loud noises, explosions, and moments of heightened tension typical in superhero movies.
• Language: The film contains some strong language, though it is unlikely to be excessive.
• Intensity of Scenes: There may be moments of suspense or threat to characters, but nothing graphic or excessively dark according to available previews and descriptions. The inclusion of elements like Krypto the Super Dog and robot butlers is meant to add a more whimsical and child-friendly tone.
• No Notable Adult Themes: While Gunn is known for more adult humor in other films, early indications are that this Superman movie leans away from raunchy content and focuses more on inspiring, all-ages storytelling.

Summary Table

| Aspect | Description | |------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------| | MPAA Rating | PG-13 (Violence, Action, Language) | | Family-Friendliness | High, but best for children 10+ due to intensity and some language | | Objectional Content | Superhero violence, action, loud noises, mild language | | Upsetting Scenes | Moments of peril and suspense (standard for superhero films) | | Adult Themes | None indicated; focus on inspiration and adventure |

This Superman (2025) film is expected to be suitable for most families with children old enough for a PG-13 movie, but may be too intense for very young or sensitive viewers.

In the 2025 movie Superman, the dog Krypto does not die. Although Krypto is captured by Lex Luthor and his allies and suffers some injuries, including being covered in a goo and appearing smothered, he survives the events of the film. Krypto plays an active role in helping Superman, such as destroying Luthor's drone cameras during a critical fight. There is no indication in the plot summaries or viewer reports that Krypto dies at any point in the movie.

Mr. Terrific in the 2025 Superman movie is Michael Holt, portrayed by Edi Gathegi. He is depicted as a brilliant Black superhero known for his intelligence, strategic mind, and use of advanced technology, including floating tech orbs called T-Spheres. In the film, Mr. Terrific plays a crucial role as the brain and strategist supporting Superman, significantly contributing to the hero's efforts and survival.

Michael Holt's character in the movie is based on his comic book origin, where he first appeared in The Spectre #54 (1997). He became Mr. Terrific after the death of his wife and was inspired by the original Mister Terrific, Terry Sloane, to continue a mission of inspiring and helping others. His costume features the motto "Fair Play," symbolizing his core values.

In summary, Mr. Terrific is a key ally to Superman in the 2025 film, combining genius-level intellect, leadership, and advanced technology to support the Man of Steel.