Roland Emmerich's Superman Lives (1997)

What If Story

The greatest made films of all time. A completely different take on Superman by Roland Emmerich, exploring his alien heritage but wanting to fit in to human society. The extra-terrestrial mastermind Brainiac blocks out the sun to depower Superman and unleash Doomsday. Metropolis is destroyed and Superman is dead. But then a robot called the Eradicator revives Superman and gives him a robotic suit since his powers are gone due to the sunblock. Superman must learn the spirit of his home planet's power, "K", if he wants to defeat Brainiac and Lex Luthor combined and save the world.