Man of Steel (film) its true, lofty footing not when it displays Kal-El's extraordinary powers, but when it dramatizes Clark Kent's roiling humanity. The super part of "Man of Steel" is just okay, but the man part is super." In a review on Roger Ebert's website, Matt Zoller Seitz awarded the film three out of four stars, calling it an "astonishing movie" and praising the conflict between Clark and Zod. But he criticized the film for not having more personal and intimate moments between Clark and Lois. In 2014, "Empire" ranked "Man of Steel" the 286th greatest film ever made on their list of
Man with the Steel Whip release. Special effects by the Lydecker brothers. "Man with the Steel Whip"'s official release date is 19 July 1954, although this is actually the date the sixth chapter was made available to film exchanges. This was followed by a re-release of "The Phantom Rider", re-titled as "Ghost Riders of the West", instead of a new serial. The next new serial, "Panther Girl of the Kongo", followed in 1955. Man with the Steel Whip Man with the Steel Whip is a 1954 Republic Movie serial. It uses considerable stock footage from previous Republic serials "Zorro's Black Whip", "The Painted Stallion" and