This iteration of the Fantastic Four has a standalone adventure without all the burden of the MCU's history and cast of characters.

For two-thirds of its runtime, "The Fantastic Four" earns every bit of praise as the most refreshing, back-to-basics, and downright entertaining Marvel entry in quite some time ... until that abruptly changes with one of the most baffling final acts of any film in the series.

The Fantastic Four are back again in a new movie--and it's an eye-popping good time. The Fantastic Four: First Steps stars Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, and Joseph Quinn as the famously fractious family with amazing powers who tangle with a godlike being who wants to eat the Earth.