Superman had left on a long vacation to explore the leftovers of his destroyed home ? Planet Krypton. He returns to become Clark Kent (Brandon Routh) and finds out that Lois Lane (Kate Bosworth) has not only written a Pulitzer Prize-winning work called ?Why the World Doesn't Need Superman?, but is also married with a child. Lois still has feelings for Superman, and it looks like the world...

Superman had left on a long vacation to explore the leftovers of his destroyed home ? Planet Krypton. He returns to become Clark Kent (Brandon Routh) and finds out that Lois Lane (Kate Bosworth) has not only written a Pulitzer Prize-winning work called ?Why the World Doesn't Need Superman?, but is also married with a child. Lois still has feelings for Superman, and it looks like the world needs the absent superhero after all. Lex Luthor (Kevin Spacey) is out of prison, and his only ambition is to kill Superman. When Lex comes up with a new plot to destroy a large part of the USA and turn it into the Mall of Luthor, Superman must defeat his greatest enemy all over again.