Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: June 15, 2007
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MovieGuysApr 3, 2014
Still running on power from the previous movie, Silver Surfer's unusual premise and plot is something new. I wouldn't as far to call it original, but it's new.
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TimeOfTheChimpsJan 23, 2016
Oh jesus. Dr. Doom is unfrozen and is somehow still alive after he was burned with scorching heat and hit with powerful force fields, which makes no sense. The Silver Surfer unfreezes and restores him because he can stop the fart cloudOh jesus. Dr. Doom is unfrozen and is somehow still alive after he was burned with scorching heat and hit with powerful force fields, which makes no sense. The Silver Surfer unfreezes and restores him because he can stop the fart cloud version of Galactus somehow. Predictably, Doom turns on everyone later, after the government starts to trust him over the Fantastic Four, because apparently no one thought to tell them who was causing the big fight with lightning in the middle of New York in the last movie. Of course, the Silver Surfer is captured and Doom steals his board. Apparently, Von Doom can develop technology to control liquid metal alien boards within a couple of days. Brilliant.

Later, Johnny Storm has switched powers with several of the FF team. A ferris wheel is falling, and Johnny of course tries to save them. He does absolutely nothing wrong, but Reed tells him to stop because he's dangerous somehow. What? In another scene, the Four are told to stay in a government monitored room. Johnny asks a soldier outside the door for food while Sue turns invisible and sneaks out. Also, there's a security camera directly at the back of the room that should see Sue doing this, but nope, it doesn't. The same thing happens when the FF escape and talk to the Surfer. The room isn't monitored for plot reasons.

The final battle is my favourite in the movie, because it's so unintentionally hilarious. Doom does battle with the Four, and Sue Storm is stabbed and killed when Doom throws a metal pole, conjured from the board, and hits her in the stomach. She dies horribly, but Reed is the only one that seems to care in any capacity, though no tears come out of his eyes whatsoever and his emotion subsides after just two minutes. Also, Johnny is Sue's brother, but when she's killed, he appears apathetic to the whole situation, because he flies after the Surfer and grabs onto his board, enthusiastically yelling "Need a hand?" During this scene, the pole disappears from Sue's body, but she doesn't bleed out in minutes somehow. How convienient. The Surfer later confronts not-Galactus and destroys him, causing Sue to revive even though her wound shouldn't heal because the parts of the city damaged by the board don't fix at all. Great plot, brilliant.

Overall, this movie makes no sense whatsoever and manages to be even more awful than the first, against all odds. This should serve as an example how NOT to make a superhero film for every aspiring director. Hopefully, Sony doesn't make anoth-OH GOD. "F4NTASTIC". Why? Please, burn Sony in an acid vat right now.… Expand
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Le__XenomorphDec 16, 2014
A definite improvement over the first Fantastic Four but is still plagued by terrible acting, a so-so script, subpar CGI, and little character development. 5/10 (mediocre)
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MrMovieBuffFeb 1, 2016
'Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer' is a slightly better movie than its predecessor, but the key word there is "slightly".

The movie continues its adventures of the "fantastic" heroes, with Reed (Ioan Gruffudd) and Sue (Jessica'Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer' is a slightly better movie than its predecessor, but the key word there is "slightly".

The movie continues its adventures of the "fantastic" heroes, with Reed (Ioan Gruffudd) and Sue (Jessica Alba) planning to get married, but they find themselves a new sort-of enemy with the Silver Surfer (voiced by Laurence Fishburne) who is freezing everything in Earth's path and the heroes must stop them. But so many things get in the way for Reed and Sue as their "celebrity" lifestyle seems to get in the way of their personal lives, the media attention is preventing them from concentrating on trying to live a normal life.

Johnny (Chris Evans) and Ben (Michael Chiklis) feel excluded from the group as they overhear that Reed and Sue want to separate themselves from the hero and celebrity lifestyle.

This movie does take itself more seriously than the first, it's not darker by any means, but it does sometimes maintain a serious tone. The Silver Surfer proves to be a worthy addition to the short-lived franchise and the plot does thicken throughout the course of this movie, but, there is room, and I mean huge room for lots and lots of improvements.

'Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer' just needs some better and stronger screenwriting.… Expand
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CineAutoctonoDec 2, 2015
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. There the sequel of the Fantastic Four , where they were Jessica Alba, Chris Evans , and know that with silver surfer , because I know that no , but it was a fantastic family adventure , the first was enjoyable, than today , Hey! Ave Maria! What a shame , because this most Evans Captain America more in line with the Human Torch , LOL ! He gave me as laughter and also a little ignorance .… Expand
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EOB900Aug 25, 2015
this was once again an ok film once again i like the fantastic four and silver surfer was good too
but the villian was unintresting and fox needs to come up with an intresting story
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EpicLadySpongeJan 14, 2016
Then when the Silver Surfer came, it was an improvement over the first although lacking problems to what made the comics so interesting to read. Maybe Marvel should've kept the rights in the first place.
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FuturedirectorApr 25, 2016
Fantastic four II: Rise of SilverSurfer may have more action and adventure than the original, but it continue having problems with the story-telling and the same caractersmof everyday. Nothing new is viewed and only a stupid end could be enjoyable.
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antonzhalobOct 14, 2021
Фильм идет всего полтора часа, но я прямо давился - чтобы посмотреть его даже в перемотке x2
Это не затягивает!
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AgentZApr 23, 2022
This sequel is an improvement over the previous Fantastic Four movie, but it’s still awful and has a lot of the same problems as its predecessor. The slightly overly campy tone, bad character depictions (especially the antagonists), badThis sequel is an improvement over the previous Fantastic Four movie, but it’s still awful and has a lot of the same problems as its predecessor. The slightly overly campy tone, bad character depictions (especially the antagonists), bad casting (mainly for Sue Storm and Victor von Doom), etc. The acting is at least an improvement over the one in the previous Fantastic Four film and so is the action. This has more action and a better plot than previous one and Laurence Fishburne was perfectly cast as the voice of Noran Rad a.k.a. “The Silver Surfer”. That’s it for the positives. The scenes where the Fantastic Four members switched powers by touching each other were stupid, cringe-worthy, and didn’t make sense. It was somewhat explained by Reed Richards who is the scientific genius of the team, but I still don’t buy that poorly written “scientific” explanation. The general was an idiot to trust Victor over the Fantastic Four after the Human Torch accidentally screwed up their rescue mission in England and it later cost him his own life after Doctor Doom steals the Silver Surfer’s board and kills him. I actually heard that Nick Fury was originally going to have the role of the general in this sequel, but I’m so glad that idea was scrapped (because of Marvel Studios obviously owning the rights to that character instead of Constantin Film), cause that character would’ve been ruined by the idiots of Constantin. The Silver Surfer was half-assed in this movie and was heavily nerfed. It seemed that the dumbass writers did not understand his character. He’s the one who gives his silver hovering board its powers, but in this movie it’s the other way around and he is supposed to travel on his board at light speed, so the Human Torch should not have been able to catch up to him in that chase scene. The Silver Surfer in the comics still has superpowers even when he is not on his board, but in this movie he is completely powerless and useless without it. What a huge waste of the amazing actors Doug Jones (who physically portrayed the Silver Surfer by doing the CGI mo-cap for the character) and Laurence Fishburne (who dubbed the Silver Surfer’s voice). But he was still the best character in this movie and that is quite saying a lot. Doctor Doom was once again butchered and the writers and Constantin still did not seem to know what they wanted to do with the character. He is one of the top 10 best supervillains in Marvel Comics and yet, none of these movies have ever gotten him right yet and were an embarrassment to him and fans. He was such a piss poor supervillain in this movie whose motivation was idiotic. He helps knock the Silver Surfer off his board only to have himself steal it later and use it to attempt to stop and destroy Galactus, so he can have all the glory to himself even after Mister Fantastic rightfully informs him that only the Silver Surfer could control the board properly and stop Galactus and save the planet from him, but Doom being too stubborn, arrogant, egotistical, prideful, stupid, and pigheaded to listen to Reed which ultimately led to his downfall and death near the end of the third act. He technically wasn’t even really a villain in this movie, just an idiotic superhero wannabe. Don’t even get me started on Galactus. He was the absolute worst part of the movie, even worse than how Doctor Doom was portrayed. He had no lines, no face, and no voice. He was literally just a humongous CGI purple storm cloud. Constantin Film is retarded for completely butchering him like that.… Expand
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dahurtbiznessJan 15, 2023
downgrade to the first movie and the downfall of tim story's f4 frachise this movie is the "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" to the f4 franchise very mediore story but the cast carried the movie but just like x-men origins wolverine this movie madedowngrade to the first movie and the downfall of tim story's f4 frachise this movie is the "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" to the f4 franchise very mediore story but the cast carried the movie but just like x-men origins wolverine this movie made stupid changes my guess it was another fox influence like making Galactus into a cloud the same way fox thought it was a good idea by sewing deadpool mouth shut. so this movie suffers from a med plot, recycled villains and dumb changes to the main baddy. Lawarence Fishburne did a great job as silver suffer maybe they should've got of rid of tim story and find another director like the thor movies did. i think if they would've done that it would've been alot been. it feels like the charm kinda fall apart when there just too much going on and no clear direction for the story. very disappointing its such ashamed that the cast suffer from a poorly written plot.… Expand
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liamexeApr 13, 2023
Anyone above the age of 13 who is not a fan of comic books will find Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer to be a dull, incoherent bore. For comic book fans of any age, the cinematic mutilation of one of the most renowned and belovedAnyone above the age of 13 who is not a fan of comic books will find Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer to be a dull, incoherent bore. For comic book fans of any age, the cinematic mutilation of one of the most renowned and beloved Marvel comic book epics is a horror. It transforms recognisable individuals to soulless visual effects and one of the darkest and most frightening villains to an interplanetary storm cloud.… Expand
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Rickniks38May 8, 2022
Bad only good thing I unironically liked about this movie was the club scene with Reed dancing.
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