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Fantastic Four is a 2005 film based on the Marvel Comics superhero comics The Fantastic Four. The film was directed by Tim Story and starred Ioan Gruffudd as Reed Richards/ Mister Fantastic, Jessica Alba as Sue Storm/Invisible Girl, Michael Chiklis as Ben Grimm/The Thing, and Chris Evans as Johnny Storm/Human Torch. Julian McMahon took on the role of villain, Doctor Doom.
Despite being a box office success that launched a sequel Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, the film was largely panned by critics.
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On an experimental space mission, a team of astronauts is exposed to cosmic rays that alter their bodies, granting them superhuman abilities. Though the immature and irresponsible Johnny Storm is excited and accepting of his new powers, the others are more reticent about their transformation. Ben Grimm, who is transformed into a large unrecognizable creature, is particularly disturbed and wants nothing more than to go back to the way he was. The group eventually finds themselves facing off against their mission's financial supporter, businessman Victor Von Doom who has acquired the ability to absorb energy directly into his body which is slowly turning to metal.
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