The latest installment of comic book superhero movies has hit the big screen with a splat.

Christopher Nolan, the mastermind of the “Dark Knight” trilogy, tasked Zack Snyder, director of “Watchmen,” to bring a re-envisioned Superman story to life.

As expected, the story centers on Superman and his love interest. Henry Cavill plays the epic hero alongside Amy Adams as Lois Lane.

Also unsurprising is the fact that the whole story is a retelling of “Superman II“-Hollywood’s inability to create an original idea has claimed another movie.

At the outset, we are given a glimpse of Krypton’s last days. Russell Crowe plays Jor-El, Superman’s dad. We are also introduced to General Zod, (Michael Shannon) the film’s antagonist.

There isn’t much new here-Zod attempts to take over the planet, Jor-El sends his son to Earth and Krypton explodes.

From this point forward, the film gets weighed down by the depth of Clark Kent’s reluctance to be a hero, a mindset ingrained in him by his adoptive father played by Kevin Costner. The number of scenes attempting to present Kent’s internal struggle are second in number only to the number of scenes Amy Adams finds herself in.

Aside from the constant presence of Lane in scenes that make no sense for her to be in them, the movie also fails with respect to the Superman legacy.

First is the loss of a true alter ego for Clark; it would seem that with almost no real effort Lane finds his house, his mother and him in Smallville.

Then there are the epic fight scenes. The choreography is amazing, but even those get ruined by the CGI fight scenes which are so fast and visually overdone that they are difficult to follow.

All of this is capped by the fact that Superman meets his equal in… well, everyone from Krypton who comes to earth. It’s only through flukes that he comes out on top in every fight.

For two and a half hours moviegoers are bombarded by enough explosions, one sided gunfights and CGI fight scenes to trump all the “Fast and Furious” movies.

The recreation of Superman-much like Nolan’s “Batman”-is predicated on the struggles of greatness. Kent’s internal struggle, born of the fear of being hated by humanity for his differences, causes him to reluctantly step onto the world stage in order to save earth from Zod.

In total, the film becomes far too convoluted with its underlying themes, overwhelmed by the number of explosions, overrun by super powered fight scenes that leave one’s eyes and ears hurting, and if you’re not careful, your popcorn might have too much salt as well.