The result suggests the Cliffs Notes’ version of a book that wasn’t worth reading in the first place.
He also writes:
Getting Reeve, Kidder, and Hackman to reprise their roles lends the film an air of authenticity but The Quest For Peace still feels like one of those creepy DirecTV commercials that drop clumsy commercial plugs into classic movies. It looks real but it still feels disturbingly ersatz.
I can remember seeing this in theaters. My ten-year-old self didn’t hate it, but probably should have. I’ve had no desire to ever re-visit it, whereas the suckiness of Superman III still has its limited charms.
Still, it wasn’t all bad. As Rabin points out, Reeve only agreed to participate if the studio also bankrolled his pet project, Street Smart, which is the film that introduced the public to Morgan Freeman — and for which Freeman earned his first Oscar nomination.