The latest Marvel comic-book adventure is straining for indie credibility while moving at a glacial pace – wasting some fine actors in the processJosh Trank’s debut,Chronicle, made ten times its $12m budget. You suspect that’s where his troubles began. Fantastic Four arrives weighed down by expectation. There’s been uproar over the race change of a key character, or rumours of costly reshoots and horrifically awkward promo interviews. In the face of all this pressure Trank has responded by pulling himself to bits in an attempt to create a film both intimate and impressive. The result is a dawdling indie drama,gussied up in superhero garb.
Miles Teller stars as Reed Richards, a gifted scientist who’s developed a teleportation device that cracks opens a portal to another planet. He’s enrolled at the Baxter Institute, and a Google-ish college-cum-development lab where fellow smart sparks Susan Storm (Kate Mara) and Victor von Doom (Toby Kebbell) are assigned to aid him planet-hop. Joining them on their debut expedition is Sue’s brother Johnny Storm (Michael B Jordan),and Ben Grimm (Jamie Bell), Reed’s childhood friend.
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Source: theguardian.com