Set in the thick of the Cold War, Red Son introduces us to a Superman who landed in the USSR during the 1950s and grows up to become a Soviet symbol that fights for the preservation of Stalin’s brand of communism.
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- guardchDecember 3, 2025I fantasized about making this, but I would have done it right. This film is so subversive on multiple levels. 1) Superman is still "good" despite landing in soviet Russia. Nope. He would have been as corrupt as Stalin. 2) The Americans turn into Lex's evil army. Nope. We were still mostly Christian at that time. 3) Wonder woman is of course bi. Stop doing this to cartoons. 4) Every chance they got they blamed evil capitalism to reinforce the current revolutionary mood, but they did it for real. It really is the Lex Luthor bad philosophy in this film 5) Batman is a terrorist? A millionaire would be a commie or in gulag then. And why is superman good, but batman evil? Lazy to just inverse everything good to evil, evil to good. Last 6) Free will is worshiped in the end, as the "people" have to choose . But this is kinda right... THE GOOD: In the end, superman discovers that totalitarianism won't work in the long run. It will take changed hearts and minds, and that's via Christ ALONE.
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Superman: Red Son was released on February 25, 2020.
Superman: Red Son was directed by Sam Liu.
Superman: Red Son has a runtime of 84m.
Superman: Red Son was produced by Amy McKenna, Sam Liu.
Set in the thick of the Cold War, Red Son introduces us to a Superman who landed in the USSR during the 1950s and grows up to become a Soviet symbol that fights for the preservation of Stalin’s brand of communism.
The key characters in Superman: Red Son are Superman (voice) (Jason Isaacs), Lois Lane (voice) (Amy Acker), Lex Luthor (voice) (Diedrich Bader).
Superman: Red Son is rated PG-13.
Superman: Red Son is an Animation, Action, Science Fiction film.
Superman: Red Son has an audience rating of 6.5 out of 10.