Cast: Miles Teller as Reed Richard’s, Michael B Jordan as Johnny Storm, Kate Mara as Sue Storm, Jamie Bell as Ben Grimm, Toby kebbell as Victor Von Doom, Reg E Cathey as Franklin Storm, Tim Blake Nelson as Dr Allen, Tim Heidegger as Mr Richard’s,

Written By: Jeremy Slater, Simon Kinberg, Josh Trank, based on characters created by Stan Lee and jack Kirby

Directed By: josh Trank (Chronicle)

Notable producers: Simon Kinberg, Stan lee

Original Score by: Marco Beltrani and Philip Glass

Studio: 20th Century Fox

Release Year: 2015

Rated PG-13

Audio Description By: Deluxe

Written By:

Narrated By: Jedidiah Barton

What is it?: Unfortunate. the director of chronicle took four bright young up and coming Hollywood actors and put them into a misguided dark reimagining of Marvel’s first family, their origin story, and their big bad doctor Doom.

What Works: Very little. This was a troubled production, something which even Josh Trank’s IMDb page acknowledges. Often artists manage their own pages, or they have someone who does, so it is odd that Trank’s page recognizes this is a failure.However, if i had to say something nice, it is the fact that Teller, Mara, Jordan, Bell, and Kebbell are all likeable actors, fully capable of rendering full performances. occasionally, there’s a glimmer. occasionally, you can feel the budget in an action sequence, or in the score. Also, my bias is that as a fan of comic books and superheroes, I would rather sit through a bad comic book film, than just a regular bad film I have no connection with.

What Doesn’t Work: This is not my first time, but rather a rewatch in conjunction with The fantastic Four: First Steps. While i remember watching this in theaters, as it predates my blindness, a second time through was a slog. This was never a good film. I remember seeing this opening day in a virtually empty auditorium, and getting to a scene that was Kate Mara in a reshoot. They had the shittiest wig on her. it looked like someone else’s wig. It didn’t fit her correctly, and clearly was a half assed attempt.

While the audio description won’t tell you things like that, the film is just a dismal effort. It is so morose compared to either version, everyone seems bored or unhappy to be here in at least a few scenes, and Trank interpreted giving a new twist as being the same origin story, but with more background before. Where the 2005 film starts is right at the event. here, we work up to it, showing how reed and Ben met as kids. As children. Why? Why did he feel the answer was more origin story?

The Audio Description: However, we’ve had the same team on all three films leading up to first Steps. So each one has had truly terrific audio description. While this film looks miserable, it isn’t the job of the audio description to translate that. in fact, films with sub par VFX should try for the best audio description track, hoping maybe at least a blind audience will love it, focusing just on the story, characters, and auditory responses from score to sound design. A well done audio description track, theoretically, at least sets up a flop for success with a specific demographic, if the reason the film flopped was based on a visual aesthetic.

Why You Might Like it: You are credited on the film, and against all odds, you watch this to appreciate your specific contribution.

Why You Won’t Like it: No one does. This film is terrible, and even Josh Trank’s own IMDb page acknowledges it.

Final Thoughts: A remake so radioactive it makes other iterations look good. It’s amazing anyone wanted to try one more time with the Fantastic Four after this abomination.A true testament to the likeability of the actors involved, because this is a career killer.

Rotten: 2.9/10