On a parallel Earth in the space-age ‘60s, a family of superheroes find themselves having to save the world from the impending arrival of the planet-eating space god, Galactus, heralded by the apocalyptic appearance of a female Silver Surfer, just as Mr and Mrs Fantastic find themselves expecting their first child.
The latest in the once-in-a-decade attempt at bringing the Marvel strip to the big screen – following on from a Roger Corman-produced unreleased ’94 film made available via bootleg, two innocuous Fox movies, a trip down the body horror route, and a couple of cameos in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (John Krasinski’s Reed Richards in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and Chris Evans’ Johnny Storm returning from the Fox Movie wilderness in Deadpool & Wolverine), this is their first official debut from the MCU production line as a setup for the next Avengers event.
Those suffering from Marvel fatigue may find this to be surprisingly engaging by the end and it has a somewhat charming retro-futuristic style (think The Jetsons, Thunderbirds, and Pixar’s The Incredibles) and blue-tinted ‘60s-film look to it. It certainly looks a lot brighter than Thunderbolts* released earlier this year.
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