Man of Steel

Movie • 2013 • Action  

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A young boy learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this earth. As a young man, he journeys to discover where he came from and what he was sent here to do. But the hero in him must emerge if he is to save the world from annihilation and become the symbol of hope for all mankind.
This movie contains 27 potentially triggering events.
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Does the dog die?
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Dog almost dies by tornado, but is saved by Jonathan, who dies himself.

Dog dies off screen presumably to old age, but it is not mentioned nor shown
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Unanswered Triggers
Does a pet die?
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Is an animal abandoned?
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Is an animal sad?
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Is rape mentioned?
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Are rabbits harmed?
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Is there body horror?
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Anonymous
the baby is nude, genitalia included at about 1hr 40mins
it's not in a sexual way of course, but worth mentioning anyway
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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Are there end credit scenes?
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Abuse
Is someone stalked?
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Corellon
Only mildly. Lois tracks down Clark by interviewing people who have seen him. She doesn't mean him harm and he doesn't feel threatened. At the end, Clark destroys a surveillance drone and sternly tells a general to leave him alone.
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Is there domestic violence?
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Is a child abused?
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Addiction
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Is there addiction?
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Animal
Does a horse die?
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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
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(see entry for dead dragon)
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Are animals abused?
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(see entry for dragon dying)
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Does a cat die?
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Does a dragon die?
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Not exactly a dragon, but a flying creature on Krypton is injured in flight and is presumed dead.
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Are there spiders?
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Are there snakes?
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Are there bugs?
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Assault
Is someone restrained?
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Corellon
Yes. Not intensely, but there is a close up of a man groping a woman's butt, which meets the definition of sexual assault.
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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(1) Children trapped on a sinking bus swim to the ceiling and gasp for breath. (2) As soon as Clark leaves Earth for the first time, he gasps for breath and loses conciousness as he adjusts to a new atmosphere.
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Is there cannibalism?
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Lara Lor-Van is consumed by an explosion as the planet collapses.
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Many buildings collapse, likely killing people, but we don't see anything explicit. A woman is trapped in rubble and starts to panic, but doesn't seem hurt and is saved.
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Is there amputation?
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Does a head get squashed?
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Is there a hanging?
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Does someone become unconscious?
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(1) Clark's earthly father has his foot crushed in a car accident. He escapes for a bit and limps with his foot at a twisted angle. (2) A soldier and a villain get their necks snapped.
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Not a seizure, but Clark has a strong reaction to leaving Earth's atmosphere and collapses.
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Are any teeth damaged?
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Is someone tortured?
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Clark is strapped down to a table, gloated at, and injected with something. It doesn't last very long, though, and it didn't bother me as much as I was worried it would.
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Fall yes, death no. (1) Jor-El jumps off a cliff, falls for a while, and is caught by a flying animal. (2) A bus full of children falls off a bridge into water, but everyone is saved. (3) Various soldiers and Lois fall and are rescued by Superman.
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Is there excessive gore?
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Children
Does a kid die?
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Kids are endangered but not hurt.
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Family
Does a parent die?
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(1) Kal-El's parents sorrowfully discuss their imminent deaths and how it will prevent them from watching him grow up. Jor-El is stabbed by Zod, Lara Lor-Van is immolated in an explosion when Krypton explodes. (2) Clark Kent's father argues with his son and then lets himself be killed by a tornado rather than let his son's powers be revealed. (3) Zod kills the AI "ghost" of Jor-El.
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A child is seen fleeing danger with a toy, but both remain perfectly safe.
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Lois is abducted by the FBI.
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Does someone cheat?
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Fear
Are there ghosts?
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Technically no but Jor-El's conciousness is preserved as an AI and talks to various characters.
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Nothing TOO sudden.
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Is there a shower scene?
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Are there clowns?
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Is someone possessed?
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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When Clark reacts to leaving Earth's atmosphere, he coughs up blood.
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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Does someone spit?
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Zod spits the council nearing the beginning
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Is there audio gore?
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Large-scale Violence
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AnnaMariaCovich
Not directly, but the bit where buildings are collapsing could be triggering in both a 9/11 and earthquake sense.
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Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
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There is an "alien" needle. Doesn't look like a normal syringe, but you do see it pierce the skin. It bothered my needle-phobic friend, so take that as you want.
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Does someone have cancer?
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Mental Health
Does someone self harm?
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Not severe. A school flashback shows young Clark experiencing sensory distress from his powers and hiding in a closet. His mother and teacher express kindness and empathy, but he can overhear the other children gossiping and mocking him.
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(see entry on autism abuse for a scene where young Clark experiences sensory distress)
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Clark's earthly father lets himself be killed rather than let Clark's powers be discovered.
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Noxious
Is there shakey cam?
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Does a baby cry?
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when the baby is about to be sent into space it cries and makes distressed baby noises (? i don't know what else to call it)
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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Paranoia
Is the fourth wall broken?
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Pregnancy
Is a baby stillborn?
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Does someone miscarry?
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both
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Is there childbirth?
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The opening scene begins with a close-up of Kal-El's mother's pained face as she's giving birth to him.
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Are there abortions?
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It's unclear how the Kryptonian artificial birth pods work, but a ship full of them is destroyed. The nebulous concept of their "souls/dna" is still safe, but it seems unlikely that they'll be able to be born now.
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Prejudice
Are there homophobic slurs?
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(see entry for autism type abuse. Young Clark is mocked for a sensory episode)
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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Although gender expression does not definitively indicate sexuality, LGBT audiences will no doubt feel a connection to Faora because of her androgynous gender expression. She appears to be very hurt at one point but survives. Later she goes down fighting when the plane she's on crashes.
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Are there fat jokes?
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There are scenes with Black people in peril, but they all survive.
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Is there hate speech?
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A Kryptonian spews hate speech for humans. I didn't find it triggering, but it could be interpreted that way.
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Sex
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a waitress is sexually assaulted
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is there sexual content?
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Sexism
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he is made fun of for a breakdown as a child
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Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Vehicular
Does a car honk or tires screech?
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Does a car crash?
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A school bus falls off a bridge, and everyone survives.
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Does a plane crash?
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(1) The helicopter on the oil rig doesn't crash. (2) Lois is saved from an escape pod that starts to burn up in the atmosphere. (3) The first big fight with Zod has several plans and helicopters crash. Some people are saved, some people crash and survive, some go up in flames. (4) The final battle has a plane crash with a few major characters on board.
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Violence
Does someone drown?
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Children are in danger of drowning, but Clark saves them.
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Is there blood/gore?
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(1) Lois is attacked by a mechanical creature and wounded in the stomach - it looks a little like a bullet wound. Clark cauterizes it with his laser vision. (2) When Clark reacts to leaving Earth's atmosphere, he coughs up blood.
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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Is there gun violence?
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