Better than the unreleased Corman film

Rating: 6/10 (15 January 2020)

Fantastic Four movies are not perfect. The last attempt to bring the Fantastic Four to the big screen resulted in the film being unreleased. So, another attempt was made in 2005 (and later in 2015) and people did not really like the film. While a flawed film indeed, this film managed to do what the earlier Corman film could not. This film tells a better origins story where four people go into space and get super powers. This film does not have the campy feel that the Corman film had. While the action scenes were good, there was not enough action. Most of the time the Fantastic Four are doing anything else but saving the day. Dr. Doom is OK. He is not over the top like in the Corman film, but has a darker, more evil side to him. The special effects are mostly CG and most of them end up being too fake but not on the level of say Sharkboy and Lavagirl. The effects were good for their time but have aged terribly. The acting is decent. But as far as Fantastic Four films go, this is the best that it will get (have not seen the 2015 film yet, but I heard it is really bad).