The 1977 film has clear parallels to Christian beliefs, with Jor-El (played by Marlon Brando) sending "his only son... to show the way" to mankind.

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In Man of Steel, we not only have Henry Cavill as the hero, we have Kevin Costner as his adoptive father and Russell Crowe as his biological father, Jor-El.

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