Steel Man

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Movie
German title Steel Man / Steel - The steel hero
Original title STEEL
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1997
length 93 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Kenneth Johnson
script Kenneth Johnson
production Quincy Jones ,
David Salzman ,
Joel Simon
music Mervyn Warren
camera Mark Irwin
cut John F. Link
occupation

Steel Man (alternative title: Steel - The steel hero ) is an American science fiction action film produced in 1997 by Kenneth Johnson , based on the DC comics series Steel by Louise Simonson and Jon Bogdanove .

action

John Henry Irons develops weapons for the US military.

After his partner Nathaniel Burke set one of these new weapons too high during a demonstration, a senator dies and partner Susan Sparks becomes paraplegic. Burke is released from the US military and Irons leaves the US military to live a gun-free life with his relatives.

However, he experiences that gangsters use the weapons he has developed in a robbery. Irons teams up with Susan Sparks, constructs steel armor with a hammer and fights the gangs as "Steel".

Reviews

Peter Stack wrote in the San Francisco Chronicle on August 16, 1997 that the film was careful with depictions of violence. Shaquille O'Neal is appealing and breathes life into the film. Judd Nelson can be seen in his most boring role to date.

James Berardinelli said on ReelViews that the concept of the film was not bad, but the implementation bordered on embarrassment in places.

Awards

Shaquille O'Neal was nominated for the Golden Raspberry in 1998 .

Remarks

Shaquille O'Neal did his own stunts. The film cost $ 16 million and grossed $ 1.7 million at the US box office.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Review in the San Francisco Chronicle
  2. ^ Criticism on ReelViews