Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 2007
	Director: Tim Story
	Actors: Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba (Sin City 1-2, The Beach, Machete 1-2, The Killer inside me), Chris Evans (Avengers 1-3), Julian McMahon (Charmed TV-series)
	Country: USA
	Genre: Action, Fantasy
	Conditions of visioning: 28.01.2018, VOD, 10" tablet screen.
Synopsis: While two of the Fantastic 4 are about to get married, slight tensions arise in the group and mysterious energy surges around the world will draw their attention.
Review: I liked this pop-corn sequel of an already pop-corn super-hero movie (both released before the advent of the Marvel Cinematic Universe started in 2008 with Iron Man) better that its 2015 remake Fantastic Four (more like a new adaptation of the comic book in fact) that was not even successful enough to generate a sequel. It follows the light spirit of the first Fantastic 4 with The Thing and Torch (strange to see there Chris Evans who is now Captain America) arguing, Mr Fantastic playing with his stretchable appendages and the Invisible Girl (Alba) ending up naked on the pavement, again. I like the characters of the Silver Surfer, the destroyer of Worlds and the Baron von Doom (what a name!) and how they integrate in fact pretty well into an unpretentious story. What is however painful to watch in this movie is the Science that doesn't make any sense and is not consistent even within the movie: traveling across the world in no time on-board a kind of drone, watching with a telescope planets exploding around distant stars... This is even more annoying that the main characters are supposed to be scientists in a parallel version of our Universe. But if you forget about that, it can be pretty easy to watch the movie especially since it packs its action in a short 92 minutes which doesn't leave much time for repetitive multiple confrontations or questioning. That is appreciated.
Rating: 5 /10