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Fantastic Four - Rise Of The Silver Surfer [Blu-ray] [2007]
from 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
starring Michael Chiklis, Jessica Alba, Ioan Gruffudd, Chris Evans, Kerry Washington
directed by Tim Story

Features:

• Widescreen

Editorial Review:

Ioan Gruffud, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis, Julian McMahon, Kerry Washington, Andre Braugher, Laurence Fishburne

Offering a real improvement on its predecessor and successfully introducing one of the world of comics’ most popular characters in the process, Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer easily warrants some attention on DVD to go with its impressive box office take.

Picking up where the surprisingly tepid original left off, Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer finds the Marvel Comics Universe’s first family dealing with the celebrity that their powers have brought them, to the point where even a simple wedding can’t take place without interruption.

The film then takes a little while to re-establish its characters and re-introduce some of the issues that underpin them. But it’s not too long before the Silver Surfer arrives, and things really get into gear. For make no mistake: it’s the Surfer who ignites the film and provides some of the very best moments of Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer. Backed up by some superb special effects work, he’s a far more interesting draw that the returning Julian McMahon as Dr Doom.

While there are, inevitably, various problems that each of the characters in Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer must face, the film never opts to go knee-deep into them. Instead, it chooses a light, breezy tone, that’s suited well to family viewing yet not without some genuine blockbuster moments.

It’s no classic, but Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer is most certainly fun. And it’s equally certain that this isn’t the last we’ve seen of this quintet of heroes... --Jon Foster

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 2.5 / 5.0

• ace
  Forget the negative reviews..this is WAY WAY better than FF 1 Ok this isnt a perfect film by a long shot,but the story,fx and action sequences are far superior to the dull FF 1. Every superhero film that comes out people always expect them to be dark and broody..WHY? why do they all have to be batman begins etc. This is lightweight suff for sure but the FF comics always were anyway. This a fun film but julian mcmahons dr doom continues to be awful..that role was woefully miscast.
  Pic on this blu ray as... more info

• A Great Sequel
  The Story: Two years have gone by since the team first got together and everything seems to be going swimmingly, Dr. Doom is gone and Susan Storm & Reed Richards are getting married, however things aren't as they seem. A mysterious being is being tracked showing up in different positions across the globe leaving holes in the ground over 200 meters deep. This being is the legendary Silver Surfer and he is preparing Planet Earth to be devoured by the mysterious astrological entity known as Galactus a... more info

• Awful waste of film
  You know i was just browsing through and i saw the amazon page for this.
  I wont justify the following statements because frankly i can't be bothered, i just want to vent my feelings on this film.
  This is undoubtably one of the WORST films to ever see the light of day.
  I liked the first FF but this is just beyond watchable.
  The first 35mins are totally slow, when it does speed up you think , why did it bother?
  Pointless, pointless film.

• Region Encoded!
  Be warned - this title is region encoded although it doesn't say so in the description. All the Blu-Ray discs I have bought up to now have been region free (and as far as I am aware all HD-DVD titles are) so I wasn't expecting this.
  Mine's on it's way back as my PS3 wouldn't play it.

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