Fantastic for the Fanatics only

Rating: 5/10 (3 August 2005)

This film, in my opinion, just did not make the cut in the ever so trendy current flux of comic book films coming out of Hollywood. While the film was mildly entertaining and witty it was just a mediocre summer action film for the family. The film seemed to try too hard to get the audience involved in the sub-standard plot that was derived from the comic books. There was cliché after cliché involving the heroes that was just a tad too ridiculous to take seriously at all. The villain just wasn't maniacal enough to make it interesting and there wasn't nearly enough heroism. Instead, the heroes were just annoying and selfish. The character development was nil, I felt as though I didn't even know who these people were that turned into these unique individuals with neat powers. It was just thrown together too quickly. If you love the comic books or just like comic book films in general, by all means see this film. Otherwise, don't bother, as the special effects are not enough to save this mediocre film from being a boring and inane film.