FANTASTIC FOUR (2015)

So much hate against this film - the story of Reed Richards (Miles Teller), who as a child developed a prototype for a teleporter.  Now in high school and still working the dream with long-term buddy Ben Grimm (Jamie Bell), Reed is recruited by Dr. Franklin Storm (Reg E. Cathey) and his daughter Sue (Kate Mara) for their school, where Reed furthers his research with fellow trailblazing student Victor Von Doom (Toby Kebbell), creating a teleporter large enough for human trials.  But an experiment that sends the gang (including Sue's brother Johnny, played by Michael B. Jordan) to another dimension ends in disaster, the friends infused with incredible mutations the government soon sees as assets to their military.  At 100 minutes, the problem with FF is it plays like a pre-opening credits prologue; it's nearly all set-up, nothing really happening until the last fifteen minutes (not to mention the unforgivably cornball final scene).  Not awful, just more like ... Mediocre Four. (rated PG-13)  C