Mostly just setting up

Rating: 6/10 (20 October 2013)

Scientists Reed Richards (Ioan Gruffudd) and Ben Grimm (Michael Chiklis) convinces former colleague Victor von Doom (Julian McMahon) to conduct an experiment on his company's space station as a cosmic storm approaches. Along for the ride is the company genetics scientist Sue Storm (Jessica Alba) and her brash pilot brother Johnny (Chris Evans). They get hit with the storm that changed their genetic makeup. They gain superpowers but not all of them are happy with all the changes.
The movie starts too slowly. For an action superhero movie, this really needed to start out right at the space station. There's no time to waste on too much unnecessary setup. The action needs to start as soon as possible. The fact is the whole movie is one big introduction. The group dynamic hasn't been set yet. The constant fighting between Johnny Storm and Ben Grimm still isn't something between old buddies. I can see this franchise getting better as the group dynamics get squared away.