With their planet Krypton on the verge of destruction, scientist Jor-El and his wife Larasend their infant son down to the safety of Earth.
Adopted by farmers Martha and Jonathan Kent, baby Kal-El is christened Clark and raised in Kansas where his superhuman powers threaten to make him an outcast.
Encouraged to keep his abilities under wraps, Clark works out how to help people in secret, but there's a bigger task on the horizon when the villainous General Zod (Shannon) arrives from Krypton to destroy Earth.
Man of Steel is a Film programme that first aired in 2013 and has been classified a 12 certificate.
