Only Thing Fantastic in ‘Fantastic Four’ is the Name
20th Century Fox’s latest version of Fantastic Four scores 1 Quint out of 5.
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A reboot of the Fantastic Four Film Franchise, the latest Fantastic Four has a handful of new actors playing the same old characters.
Fantastic Four can easily qualify as the silliest super-hero film around.
Far from reviving the series, what it has managed to do is make sure the previous two films in the series suddenly seem far more pleasing than they initially did.
The story starts from a school science fair where kids talk about teleporting matter through space.
It ends with massive display of super hero powers on another planet in outer space.
In between the characters keep jumping to and fro from our planet to the other as if inter- planetary travel expenses have suddenly plummeted!
Miles Teller plays Mr. Rubber band, Reed while Kate Mara is the upgraded version of Mr. India. Breathing fire literally is Michael B Jordan while Jamie Bell makes his weighty presence felt as a rocky Hulk.
The stale action, mechanical use of CGI and Special Effects and an extremely average story telling make it a drab watch. But what makes it unbearable is the utter and complete lack of humor.
Our super heroes straight-jacketed into playing grim characters without being allowed to have some fun at the expense of each other suck the life out of this film.
What is left is a dry, forgettable, another run of the mill kind of enterprise that has little new to offer and precious little to pride itself on.
I will give Fantastic Four nothing more than 1 QUINT out of 5. Give it a miss. Definitely not worth the effort!
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