Fantastic Four is based on Marvel's longest running comic book series, which has well-earned its moniker as "The Greatest Comic in the World."

A space mission gone wrong created the superheroes The Fantastic Four – Mr Fantastic (Ioan Gruffudd); Invisible Girl (Jessica Alba); Human Torch (Chris Evans) and The Thing (Michael Chiklis). Thumbs up for casting almost ‘unknowns’ – Jessica Alba and Chris Evans are hot, literally.

Comparison with other Marvel movies is inevitable. Spiderman had a emotional touch to the human element, while X-Men was successful in being colourful and a visual spectacle.

The Fantastic Four attempts to incorporate a love story, human touch and action-packed sequences all in one. It just meets the mark, and at times seems draggy. However, it starts true to the comic and still delivers in terms of entertainment.

Fantastic Four - Not bad but not fantastic