4: Rise of the Silver Surfer

Rating: 4/10 (25 February 2010)

From director Tim Story (Barbershop), I saw that the review of this sequel being rated a little higher than the first film, which I did nearly enjoy, so I had to see the follow up. Basically after defeating Dr. Doom / Victor Von Doom (Premonition's Julian McMahon), the Fantastic Four are getting used to having their powers to save people, the Invisible Woman / Susan Storm (Jessica Alba) and Mr. Fantastic / Reed Richards (Ioan Gruffudd) are planning to get married, and the Human Torch / Johnny Storm (Chris Evans) and The Thing / Ben Grimm (Michael Chiklis) get on better. The only problem is, an evil creature from outer space called Galactus is planning Earth as its next target, and sends The Silver Surfer (Hellboy's Doug Jones, voiced by Laurence Fishburne) to start the plan. As the Fantastic Four try to catch the Surfer, and Johnny has gained some merging power from him, they find out that his powers come from the board he rides, which helps him to go through things and fly. The heroes find out, with a little help from Dr. Doom, that it is not the Surfer to be afraid of, it is the creature that sent him that is more dangerous. In the end, the Surfer sacrifices himself and his board to destroy Galactus, Johnny loses his merging thing, and Reed and Susan can get married, very quickly before having to save some people. Also starring The Last King of Scotland's Kerry Washington as Alicia Masters, Beau Garrett as Captain Raye, André Braugher as General Hager, Zach Grenier as Mr. Sherman / Rafke and a cameo from Marvel comics master Stan Lee as a Rejected Wedding Guest. Gruffudd's American accent is a little improved, The Thing's eye- brow is bigger, and the Silver Surfer is quite a cool double-sided character. As for the film itself, there is about the same amount of action as the predecessor, and the special effects are also the same quality, so it's not bad viewing. Okay!