Far from "Fantasic", another lame attempt at a Hollywood comic blockbuster

Rating: 1/10 (10 December 2005)

1/2 Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis, Julian McMahon. Directed by Tim Story
Another Hollywood attempt to make every popular comic into a boring, overused CGI block buster, of course a miss. Along with the direction of usual comedic director Tim Story who seems to be out of his genre with this action film. Along with most of the actors/actresses who's charming personalities don't quite add up to the superhero they are to play (i.e Chiklis and Alba). The story of five astronauts who encounter a slight mis-hap on their space adventure when their DNA structure is reformed to give them superpowers, transforming them into the (Far from) Fantastic Four. Mr. Fantastic (Gruffudd), The Invisible Woman (Alba), Human Torch (Evans), and the Thing (Chiklis) who battle their arch nemesis Dr. Doom (McMahon; another reason he should stick to Nip/Tuck). The whole movie has about three scenes where the scene can be done with out tons of bad CGI and ILM. And of course giving the props to creator Stan Lee as Hulk, Spider-Man. The movie is far from "Fantastic" and leaves me guessing why Story for the director? My final rating 1/2/10.