Fantastic Four

Rating: 4/10 (6 January 2008)

I suppose I can agree with the critics two stars because of the story, and the fact that Spider-Man has proved the best adaptation from Marvel Comics, but the special effects are something to appreciate in this film. Basically a team of experts, including scientist Reed Richards (Ioan Gruffudd), his love interest Sue Storm (Sin City's Jessica Alba), his brother (Chris Evans, not to be confused with the ginger guy that used to be married to Billie Piper), his friend Ben Grimm (Michael Chiklis) and fellow scientist Victor Von Doom (Julian McMahon) go into space to investigate a strange cosmic cloud that is passing the Earth, and is supposed to trigger evolution. Obviously something goes wrong, and all five of them go through this cloud. When they get back to Earth they seem to be fine, Von Doom is the only one who is not with them, and one by one, they discover (accidently) their abilities. Reed becomes Mr. Fantastic who can stretch like rubber, Sue becomes The Invisible Woman (obvious what that means) who can also create force fields, Johnny (the only one loving his new powers) becomes The Human Torch who can produce fire at high temperatures and fly, and Ben (the most unfortunate of the four) turns into a rock-like creature with super strength, known just as The Thing, and he loses his wife because of it (don't worry, he gets a blind girlfriend in the end). Meanwhile, slowly, Von Doom finds he can produce high electricity, and simply names himself Dr. Doom (duh!). Reed thinks he can find a cure by simulating the cloud and reversing the procedure, to the delight of Ben, but Johnny wants to stay the way he is. In the end, even when he was cured, Ben changed himself back into Thing, they all defeat Von Doom, and are officially The Fantastic Four. Also starring The Last King of Scotland's Kerry Washington as Alicia Masters and Stan Lee as Willie Lumpkin. Fantastic special effects, some good action sequences, and the kids will like it, not bad! Okay!