Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (English, 2007)

This is the Hollywood summer of sequels. And none of them live up to the mark. All my reviews this summer have been saying - sequels are bad. For a change, Fantastic 4 Part 2 is better than Part 1. Having said that, anything had to be better then Part 1, so that was not a difficult thing to achieve.

Fantastic 4 Part 2 is just that, another sequel. Slightly better graphics, perhaps; same old boring storyline; mediocre acting and nothing else.

Fantastic 4 Part 2 sees the group fighting Silver surfer, their arch-enemy Victor and a creature who eats planets. It also sees them coming to terms with each other and with their super powers. The only thing good that can be said about this franchise is that it treats comic book heroes like comic book heroes and remains at that childish level rather than making it too complex and too adult.

Hollywood has gone bankrupt for sure! I am dreading going to cinema halls these days.

Rating - ✘✘✘