A dismal waste of good comic book characters

Rating: 3/10 (26 March 2007)

Bad writing, bad directing and bad casting make this one of the worst Marvel adaptations for the big screen (on par with King Kull). Why the producers felt that Nick Gage was the best choice for Johnny Blaze will be a mystery much debated over the years. I am not sure why Johnny became more country as he grew up but I guess Nick is real proud of his over the top Southern/hick accent and he hasn't got to use it since "Conair". The producers would have been better served by letting Matt Long play Johnny for the entire film. While Eva Mendes reminds me visually of Barbara Carrera, she lacks Barbara's fire, making all of her scenes with Nick, in a word, boring. The story was certainly appropriate for a comic book, but even DC comics would have avoided the plot holes that permeated this production.