The very average four

Rating: 3/10 (27 July 2005)

Oh dear. The reviews had been damning, a rather pathetic 24% at Rotten Tomatoes, so my expectations were low, and sadly realized, characters are painfully dull, for a super hero flick our hero's are neither 'super', or come to think of it 'fantastic'.In fact they rescue some fire-fighters and get labeled fantastic by the media, they defeat Dr Doom and that's it for two painful hours.
The film's only redeeming feature being Michael Chiklis as The Thing, at least he shows some personality even under all that make-up, which is more than can be said for Jessica Alba.Yet again movie makers subject us to a 'beauty with brains' character-she can't act for toffee and spends the entire movie pouting, and certainly give's Tara Reids performance in Alone In The Dark a run for her money in next years Golden Razzies awards!
One 'highlight' I must mention was the fabulous piece of product placement for Burger King-a priceless piece of direction as the camera blatantly pans out from a BK billboard to reveal a whopper, I'm surprised a price didn't flash up on the screen!
So there you go, for every Spiderman we get a Catwoman, for every X-Men we get an Elektra, and this year to balance out Batman Begins I present to you Fantastic Four. Save your time and money and rent The Incredibles instead