Fantastic 4 (2005)

Director: Tim Story Starring: Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis, Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba Genres: Action-Adventure, US Premier, Fantasy Origin: USA Certificate: PG Running Time: 103 min

synopsis

'The Fantastic Four' is the tale of four ordinary people who become the most fantastic superheroes the world has ever known. Reed Richards (Ioan Grufford) is a struggling yet brilliant scientist, convinced he can find vital information in space that will affect the evolution of genetics. With the support of his friend and assistant Ben Grimm (Michael Chiklis), the two men must approach their old school friend, and now rival, Victor Von Doom (Julian McMahon) to finance the project. In space, the team; Reed, Ben, Reed’s ex-girlfriend Sue Storm (Jessica Alba) - now part of Victor’s team and Johnny (Chris Evans) - Sue’s rogue brother, are unexpectedly exposed to a cosmic storm. Back on earth they discover the exposure they suffered in the storm has fundamentally altered their DNA and given them each an exciting super power! Reed has a new power to stretch his body, Sue has the ability to become invisible and create force-fields, Johnny has the explosive talent of controlling fire and of being able to turn his own body into a human fireball and Ben, affected the worst by the blast, has had his entire bodily structure changed - turning him into solid stone... and he can't change back!