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PURCHASE THE DVD: Fantastic Four (2005)

2005's Fantastic Four will join the list of comics that got the big-screen Hollywood treatment, and barely survived the journey.

Two scientists, two astronauts, and a businessman bankrolling the venture, are on a space station to perform an experiment. Things go wrong and they are exposed to cosmic radiation. Back on earth, they start to exhibit changes to their bodies, and superpowers emerge.

As the scientists work to find a cure, they and the astronauts band together to fight a common enemy, the businessman whose powers he has started using for evil.

Dazzling special effects keep this movie watchable, but the story is not well done, the script is very corny in spots, the character development is very weak, the movie can't decide if it's a serious movie or a comedy, and fans of the comic will probably be disappointed. Even worse, the ending was definitely designed to set up for a sequel, and more of the same would be a shame.