When an experimental space voyage goes awry, four people are changed by cosmic rays. Reed Richards, inventor and leader of the group gains the ability to stretch his body, and takes the name, Mr. Fantastic. His girlfriend, Sue Storm, gains the ability to turn invisible and create force fields, calling herself the Invisible Woman. Her younger brother Johnny Storm gains the ability to control fire, including covering his own body with flame, becoming the Human Torch. Pilot Ben Grimm is turned into a super-strong rock creature calling himself Thing. Together, they use their unique powers to explore the strange aspects of the world, and to foil the evil plans of Doctor Doom.
I have enjoyed pretty much every comic book movie I've seen since 2000 with the exception of THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN and HELLBOY. A good 100-minute comic book, action, superhero film that I don't need to deliever social commentary to enjoy. Sure it's not as good as the X-MEN or SPIDER-MAN franchises, but I think most of the Marvel properties (this, GHOST RIDER, HULK, DAREDEVIL, etc.) are judged too harshly. Was this movie fantastic? No. Was it an enjoyable superhero film? Yes. The cast was great and I look forward to FANTASTIC FOUR: RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER.
