“The Fantastic Four: First Steps” (*** out of four) was a rock-solid retelling of the comic-book series about the title foursome (Pedro Pascal, Reed Richards, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Joseph Quinn) who have to defend Earth against the evil forces of Galactus (Ralph Ineson) and the enigma of the Silver Surfer who threaten world domination. Not exactly fantastic but by far the best of the series’ adaptations with strong acting from Pascal in particular and some spectacular visual effects and action scenes especially in the final third to give fans their money’s worth. Fittingly enough- this is the fourth adaptation and the one where they finally got it right!

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