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Total Film
Total Film
Entertainment
David Opie

Ahead of First Steps, I revisited the Fantastic Four film with a 9% Rotten Tomatoes score, and it’s a fascinating take on Marvel’s first family

The cast of Fantastic Four (2015).

With the Fantastic Four finally making their MCU debut, reviews are claiming that First Steps might just be the best adaptation of Marvel's First Family to date. Where you stand on that probably depends on how fondly you look back at Tim Story's film from 2005, as well as its sequel, Rise of the Silver Surfer, which reimagined the cosmic entity Galactus as a giant trash cloud.

Either way, you're not going to hear many fans make a case for that other big-budget Fantastic Four film. In fact, even diehard comic book readers have washed their hands clean of Josh Trank's FANT4STIC since its release in 2015. Not only is it the worst of the lot, according to audiences and critics alike, it's also received the second-lowest Rotten Tomatoes score of any film based on Marvel comics to date.

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