if you must see it, you should probably not pay for it

Rating: 1/10 (7 November 2005)

This is arguably the worst film I have ever seen. To read that some members of our society actually believe that this is a great movie is an insult to the intelligence of the human race in general. This film is so flawed that I desperately wanted those two hours of my life back. I would complain about the $8.50, but I saw it for free. The characters are very plainly played by a very detached cast who seem to spend the whole movie just trying to establish their characters. Keep in mind these are the most simplistic of characters and could be fully explained in 5 minutes. Jessica Alba gets the award for dumbest scientist with her downright hilarious line "That blast must have fundamentally altered our DNA." I actually laughed out loud at the look of "I have no idea what I just said" on her face. These supposed "scientists" are so unphased by their transformations, that it quickly becomes one of the most comically unconvincing stories of all time. There are also plenty of just plain stupid ideas. One of my personal favorites was the testing of the human torch's ability to light himself on fire. When he decides to see how "hot he can go," Alba's character states that he was "approaching the temperature of the sun!" I don't care what material that metal box he was in was made of, or how thick it was. If that guy was approaching the temperature of the sun, everybody and everything on the planet should be dead. Overall, this is easily the worst superhero movie to be released and also one of the worst films of all time. Cheesy scripting, bad acting, terrible plot, and B-rated special effects make this one almost unbearable.