While there is a small dose of “body horror” to their transformation, there’s no exploration of how they’ve been affected emotionally by what’s happened to them. She’s also left out of the team’s initial, life-altering adventure into the Negative Zone, becoming affected by accident as they return. Sue, the most mature and responsible of them, seems to like Reed, but not in any romantic way. I’m pretty sure Ben never even speaks to Sue until the last scene of the movie. There is no chemistry or interplay of note between any of the four title characters. Reed and Ben are lifelong pals yet only have a few scenes together as adults. This Fantastic Four is rife with missed opportunities.
Living up to his namesake, Doom subsequently decides to destroy the Earth so it’s up to the titular quartet to stop him. Jordan) and Ben Grimm (Jamie Bell) all becoming altered into super-beings by the effects of the Negative Zone. Obviously, they succeed but not without Reed, Sue, Victor, and late additions Johnny Storm (Michael B.
Cathey) needs his help – along with that of his adopted daughter Sue (Kata Mara) and troubled former pupil Victor Von Doom (Toby Kebell - yes, the film ditched his much loathed initial moniker of “Viktor Domichev”) – to build the first interdimensional travel machine. No, this Fantastic Four isn’t a total disaster – that is until the last act where it goes from being a dour science-fiction film to a ridiculous superhero movie that fails to capture the family dynamic, fun, or spirit of the classic Marvel comic.įantastic Four follows scientific genius Reed Richards (Miles Teller) from grade school to his full scholarship ride to the Baxter Foundation where Dr.
Aesthetically drab and dramatically inert, this reboot of Fantastic Four manages to actually make the previous two FF movies seem better in hindsight.
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