Marvel’s Fantastic Four: First Steps reintroduces the iconic team as they confront a cosmic anomaly that threatens Earth’s reality itself.
Director Matt Shakman and producer Kevin Feige present a stylish reboot of the Marvel quartet, starring Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic, Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm/Invisible Woman, Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm/Human Torch, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm/The Thing.
Visually, the film is a treat: the retro-futuristic, 1960s-inspired setting glows and crackles with comic-book energy, and the special effects for cosmic threats and citywide set pieces genuinely impress. The cast are strong — Kirby especially stands out — though as much as I like Pascal, it’s fair to say there are other actors who might have brought a different flavour to Reed. Narrative-wise, it runs a touch overlong (as many Marvel outings do), and the city-destruction sequences, while big, feel ever so slightly tiresome. Do we really need yet another metropolitan apocalypse?
There is intrigue in the mid-credits scene, suggesting real momentum for what’s to come, and the post-credits tease is a nice touch.
Overall, this is one of the better Marvel films in recent memory, thanks to its visuals, setting, and cast chemistry — but the genre still seems stuck in city-destruction mode.
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