Four people explore a strange cloud in outer space. The Fantastic Four come to be and they must fight the villain, Dr. Doom, who changed their lives forever.

Rating: 9/10 (31 July 2005)

I was pleasantly surprised at how good this movie was. This is a fun, tongue-in cheek, yet action-filled film with a terrific cast, the only exception being Jessica Alba, who does *not* make a believable blonde. Still, her acting was competent, and everyone else's was terrific. Got some great chuckles from the one-liners, especially those delivered by the characters The Thing and The Human Torch. Other than the aforementioned Ms. Alba, everyone looked perfect for their part. Talented and handsome Welsh actor Ioan Gruffud, known by many for his TV role as Horatio Hornblower, was a great coup in casting. At first, I thought he would be too young to play Mr. Fantastic, but the story was nicely set up so that he wasn't. Mr. Gruffud (pronounced "Griffith") added a touch of class to this fun film, which truly puts the word "comic" back into "comic book superheroes."