Unoriginal

Rating: 3/10 (1 August 2005)

The Fantastic Four is a typical comic book adventure, riding on the back of recent success in this genre. Although it is packed full of action, there is really little else to the film - and this certainly does not make the film memorable and/or unique. It certainly isn't original, and next to some of the other films of this genre, it adds very little.
The ending is as familiar as any other film in this genre, with an expectation of more action yet to come. (So typical.) And the science behind the special powers is far from believable - I felt that other stories of this genre had better and more-thought-out scientific explanations.
In short, this film fails to captivate in terms of originality and storyline. If you're a comic book fanatic, I'd recommend it, but don't expect much. If you're not, then there are much better films in this genre to see. If you're just looking for a little action, it may be worth it in between a slow-moving plot.