Fantastic Four (2015)
Starring Miles Teller, Michael B. Jordan, Kate Mara, Jamie Bell, Toby Kebbell, Tim Blake Nelosn, and Reg E. Cathey
Directed by Josh Trank
***This film is currently available via HBO Now***
Yet another superhero origin story, Fantastic Four spends over half of its short 100-minute runtime telling us how Sue and Johnny Storm, Reed Richards, and Ben Grimm became the titular fantastic quartet harboring super powers like invisibility, fire control, stretchability, and superhuman strength. While I'm not usually a fan of origin tales - and Fantastic Four doesn't reinvent the wheel in this department - this part of the film isn't as awful as it could have been...particularly when compared to the film's second half which is a muddled, confused mess. The film's conflict rears its head when Victor Von Doom decides to take on the title crew in some unknown alternate universe in an effort to destroy Earth. (I mean, I think that's Von Doom's intention, but it's so unclear that I may just be guessing.) The climax is so shoddily cobbled together (and so quickly resolved) that one has to wonder how anyone thought this would be a positive addition to the Marvel universe.
With characters underdeveloped (although played as well as they could by the young cast), Fantastic Four is a huge disappointment. Don't be fooled by the awful reviews thinking you're going to get something laughably enjoyable, however. It would've been better had that been the case.
The RyMickey Rating: D
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