Aesthetically drab and dramatically inert, this reboot of Fantastic Four manages to actually make the previous two FF movies seem better in hindsight. No, this Fantastic Four isn’t a total disaster – that is until the last act where it goes from being a dour science-fiction film to a ridiculous superhero movie that fails to capture the family dynamic, fun, or spirit of the classic Marvel comic.
Fantastic Four follows scientific genius Reed Richards (Miles Teller) from grade school to his full scholarship ride to the Baxter Foundation where Dr. Franklin Storm (Reg E. Cathey) needs his help – along with that of his adopted daughter Sue (Kata Mara) and troubled former pupil Victor Von Doom (Toby Kebell -- yes, the film ditched his much loathed initial moniker of “Viktor Domichev”) – to build the first interdimensional travel machine. Obviously, they succeed but not without Reed, Sue, Victor, and late additions Johnny Storm (Michael B. Jordan) and Ben Grimm (Jamie Bell) all becoming altered into super-beings by the effects of the Negative Zone. Living up to his namesake, Doom subsequently decides to destroy the Earth so it’s up to the titular quartet to stop him.
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Fantastic Four follows scientific genius Reed Richards (Miles Teller) from grade school to his full scholarship ride to the Baxter Foundation where Dr. Franklin Storm (Reg E. Cathey) needs his help – along with that of his adopted daughter Sue (Kata Mara) and troubled former pupil Victor Von Doom (Toby Kebell -- yes, the film ditched his much loathed initial moniker of “Viktor Domichev”) – to build the first interdimensional travel machine. Obviously, they succeed but not without Reed, Sue, Victor, and late additions Johnny Storm (Michael B. Jordan) and Ben Grimm (Jamie Bell) all becoming altered into super-beings by the effects of the Negative Zone. Living up to his namesake, Doom subsequently decides to destroy the Earth so it’s up to the titular quartet to stop him.
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