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Fantastic Four (PG) US 106 mins
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This film's problem is that Batman
Begins and Spider-Man 2 are fresh in
the memory, and are vastly more
fantastic examples of superhero tales.
On its own merits, Fantastic Four is
not awful - just rather meek.
It's short on plot and big stars,
suffocated by odious product placement
and, bizarrely, features little of the
heroes actually using their powers.
Crucially, Nip/Tuck star Julian McMahon
offers little in the way of menace in
the wafer-thin bad-guy role.
----------- by James Bregman ----------
FANTASTIC FOjR opens on 22 July
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