Director Richard Donner’s Superman: The Movie, which premiered in 1978, is a classic piece of cinema that continues to shape the superhero genre today. Most recently, it led the way for writer-director James Gunn to release Superman, a more modern imagining of the Man of Steel’s adventures, with David Corenswet portraying the titular hero.

Superman hit the big screen on July 11 with all the power of a Kryptonian smashing through a Metropolis high-rise. The film is a reboot from director James Gunn, who directed the Guardians of the Galaxy series.

Superman, the first feature film released by James Gunn and his newly rebranded DC Studios -- which he runs with producing partner Peter Safran -- reintroduces the Man of Steel to movie-going audiences. And it does so in a delightfully, dare I say, punk rock way.