This really is the Reed Richards show, and for a Fantastic Four film it marginalises the other three team members massively. Almost half the film is spent building up to the moment where the group get their powers, and the screentime for this first half is heavily weighted towards Reed (with Johnny only receiving a measly few minutes of screentime), then the second half is predominantly about Reed evading government capture. I think the biggest problem is the pace, and the fact that it’s not really a Fantastic Four film. So, it’s definitely not good, but I think it got undeservedly crucified by critics and audiences.
There are elements of Fant4stic that work, and others that don’t, and I’d rate it alongside Rise of the Silver Surfer in terms of its quality. Reckless and impatient, Reed, Ben, Johnny, and Victor teleport themselves into another dimension, and upon their return have imbued themselves, and the nearby Susan, with extraordinary powers.Ĭaptured by the United States government and used as weapons, Reed, Susan, Ben, and Johnny must put their differences aside and work together to stop Victor from using his powers to destroy the world. Cathey), the boys are brought into the fold of his own teleportation experiment that’s being headed by Victor Von Doom (Toby Kebbell), to work alongside his children Susan (Kate Mara), and Johnny (Michael B. But is Fant4stic really that bad? Now that the dust has well and truly settled on this swiftly forgotten superhero dud, was there a good film in here somewhere?Ĭhildhood friends Reed Richards (Miles Teller) and Ben Grimm (Jamie Bell) create a device capable of teleporting matter to an unknown location, and back again. With one of the worst critical receptions to any superhero film of the last twenty years, and a total box office bomb, Fant4stic quickly became the internet’s answer to why film studios should be handing back the rights to Marvel’s characters as they would be better served in the MCU. With Josh Trank signed on as director, and a promising cast of young Hollywood talent, the Fantastic Four reboot look like it might just work…and then suddenly it didn’t. With Fox starting to wind down the X-Men franchise, there was a spot opening up for them to try giving Marvel’s first family another shot, with the hope that it would go down better than the mid 00’s films. Following the box office disappointment of Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, and Marvel’s shift into forming Phase One of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the Fantastic Four property was left untouched for many years.
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