This was the third film with Hackman""s villain Lex Luthor.And it was the second film with a super-villain (the other wasSuperman II (1980)).Superman Returns (2006)d.Bryan Singer, 154 minutesFilm Plot SummaryThe action-adventure fantasy film opened with a background foreword:On the doomed Planet Krypton, a wise scientist placed his infant son into a spacecraft and launched him to Earth."They discuss the motivations for Robie""s past crimes and career as a thief, and how he transferred trapeze artistry skills o burglary.We just sort of go along and nothing happens.We""re in a terrible rut.It""s been on my mind for months.What""s gonna be our future?Father: (consoling) Oh, come now, Charlie, things aren""t as bad as hat.The bank gave me a raise last January.Charlie: Money.How can you talk about money when I""m talking about souls? We eat and sleep and that""s about all.We don""t even have any real conversations.We just talk...Father:...and work.Charlie: Yes, poor mother, she works like a dog, just like a dog...When she comes back, it will be the same thing.Dinner, then dishes, then bed.I don""t see how she stands it.You know, she""s really a wonderful woman.I mean, she""s not just a mother.And I think we ought to do something for her.Don""t you think we should?Father: Yeah.What were you thinking of doing for her?Charlie: Oh, nothing I supppose.I guess we""ll just have to wait for a miracle - or something...I don""t believe in good intentions anymore.All I""m waiting for now is a miracle.Suddenly, Charlie""s spinsterish, talkative and oblivious mother Emma Newton (Patricia Collinge) [Emma was the name of Hitchcock""s mother - she died in England during filming] makes a dramatic appearance at the bedroom door, speaking her first words [and foreshadowing an "accident" that will occur later in the film]: "Those back stairs are steep."The fight continued, going from round to round more swiftly in a series of montages, with Apollo mostly dominating and "piling up the points", while Rocky held his own by hitting Creed in the mid-section.