Film Review – Fantastic Four

It’s a relatively new trend in Hollywood to restart franchises quickly after they’ve stalled. The character of Spider-Man is a prime example, with the web-slinger about to embark on his third big screen introduction in 15 years, watching producers churn out comic book adventures until one resonates enough to support a longstanding franchise. A decade ago, there was a “Fantastic Four,” which delivered an origin story and a visual effects bonanza, but very little entertainment, with the feature, and its lackluster 2007 sequel, failing to lure blockbuster-worthy audiences into theaters. For obvious financial and secretively legal reasons, the “Fantastic Four” have returned, this time shedding colorful antics for a darker, angrier film approach to global heroism, trying to find a fresh concept for understandably suspicious viewers hesitant to shell out lunch money to see the same old superhero stuff. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com