Wednesday, 31 October 2012

Less than fantastic


Fantastic Four (2005)

Directed by Tim Story brings the classic Marvel property of the same name to the big screen in this film that stars Ioan Gruffudd, Jesica Alba, Chris Evans and Michael Chiklis. An accident in space transforms the bodies and lives of four scientists.

Released in the same year as Batman Begins (2005) it is easy to see how this film fell flat in comparison, especially when considering the number of other successful Marvel adaptations round. The problem with this film is that it is little more than an origin story that is fairly slow and comes off as more of a token effort to start a franchise. Despite the weak plot this is not necessarily a bad film but more one that failed to live up to potential.

3/5

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