Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

"Discover the secret of the Surfer."

2007 1h 32m EN

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5.6

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★5.6TMDB · 8,617🥫38%Rotten Tomatoes●45Metacritic★5.6IMDB · 298,723

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Synopsis

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The Fantastic Four return to the big screen as a new and all powerful enemy threatens the Earth. The seemingly unstoppable 'Silver Surfer', but all is not what it seems and there are old and new enemies that pose a greater threat than the intrepid superheroes realize.

“Discover the secret of the Surfer.”

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Cast

Ioan Gruffudd
Reed Richards
Jessica Alba
Sue Richards
Chris Evans
Johnny Storm
Michael Chiklis
Ben Grimm
Julian McMahon
Victor Von Doom
Laurence Fishburne
Silver Surfer (voice)
Doug Jones
Silver Surfer
Kerry Washington
Alicia Masters

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Tim Story
Writers: Don Payne, Mark Frost, Mark Frost
Languages: English, Japanese, Arabic, Mandarin
Countries: Germany, United Kingdom, United States of America

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MONEY

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$130M budget — tentpole studio territory.

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ERA

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Released 19 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 4 languages: English, Japanese, Arabic, Mandarin.

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4 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 3 countries: Germany, United Kingdom, United States of America.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Fantastic Four Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Tim Story, shot by Larry Blanford. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by John Ottman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Peter S. Elliot shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Tim Story directs. Larry Blanford behind the camera. John Ottman scores. Peter S. Elliot cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Profitable at the box office. Produced in Germany, United Kingdom, United States of America. Dialogue in English, Japanese, Arabic, Mandarin.

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1$130M budget — tentpole studio territory.
2Released 19 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 4 languages: English, Japanese, Arabic, Mandarin.
4International production across 3 countries: Germany, United Kingdom, United States of America.
5Part of the "Fantastic Four Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
6Directed by Tim Story, shot by Larry Blanford. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by John Ottman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor Peter S. Elliot shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9Ioan Gruffudd and Jessica Alba and Chris Evans carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: "Discover the secret of the Surfer.".
11IMDB entry: tt0486576 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
12Classified under 29 themes, including "mask", "surfboard", "helicopter", "fire".
13Released under 23 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Larry Blanford
Original score: John Ottman
Editing: Peter S. Elliot
Production design: Kirk M. Petruccelli
Costume design: Mary E. Vogt
VFX supervisor: Scott Squires
Runtime: 92 min · 1h 32m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $130,000,000
Box office: $301,913,131
Return: 232% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)
Rotten Tomatoes: 38% 🥫 Rotten
Metacritic: 45/100
IMDB rating: 5.6/10 · 298,723 votes
MPAA: PG

Awards

3 wins & 17 nominations total

Part of

Fantastic Four Collection

Superhero films based on the Marvel Comics team of the same name. Four individuals gained superpowers after exposure to cosmic rays during a scientific mission to outer space: Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards), the Invisible Woman (Susan "Sue" Storm), the Human Torch (Johnny Storm), and the monstrous Thing (Ben Grimm).

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John Chard2020-01-22
★ 6/10
Show off! A sequel to 2005 box office winner, "The Fantastic Four", "Rise Of The Silver Surfer" sees director Tim Story and the original cast principals return for more super hero schlocky fun. The story is based around the Marvel stories that featured the first appearance of said "Silver Surfer" in the comic book franchise. Silver Surfer (Doug Jones with Laurence Fishburne dubbing the voice) is acting as a herald for the planet devouring Galactus, the next target? Earth. Which is a bit untimely as Reed Richards/Mr Fantastic (Ioan Gruffudd) and Susan Storm/Invisible Woman (Jessica Alba) are trying to get married. Things are further problematic when after his first encounter with the Silver Surfer, Johnny Storm/Human Torch (Chris Evans) finds his powers a bit off - in fact when he touches any of the others I the team their powers are exchanged, much to Ben Grimm/The Thing's (Michael Chiklis) amusement. Not only that, but the military are starting to get heavy and annoyed with the four - and who is this back on the scene? Doctor Doom! (Julian McMahon) Thought he was dead, and how come he's in league with the military now? All of this issues must be addressed or the Earth will suffer the direst of consequences. Budgeted at $130 million, this sequel only just made its money back domestically, however, the Worldwide takings gave it an overall profit of nearly $160 million. Which when you consider that the first film (again raking the coin in) was met with very disdainful reviews (mostly warranted outside of Evans & Chiklis' efforts), it's somewhat surprising. Yet, and it's certainly no towering genre picture, "Silver Surfer" is a hugely enjoyable movie for fans of the source comics and the undemanding popcorn muncher. The fans, and I don't speak for all of them of course, should in the main be happy that the makers have been faithful to the origins of the story. There's also some nifty humour and both Alba and Gruffudd aren't as dull as they were in the first movie. Perhaps they are more comfortable now knowing that the paying public held sway over the critics?. Evans is still the best thing in the franchise (no surprise he would go on to play "Captain America" in "The Avengers" franchise), and the appearance of Andre Braugher as General Hager is a welcome edition. While the effects are considerably better than the poor fodder served up in the first movie - granted it wouldn't have been hard to improve on that score. With a lovely light hearted approach, "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer" does its job. In the pantheon of super hero movies it sits some where in the middle, neither great or bad, just honest wholesome family fun. 20th Century Fox have announced that a reboot of the franchise is to come, so while Chris Evans goes off to mouth wateringly play "Captain America", the next lot of actors are charged with the not so easy task of winning over a tough comic book crowd, and, the critics too. 6.5/10
CinemaSerf2023-01-01
★ 5/10
Oddly enough, I did prefer this to the original (2005) outing for this not so very fab-four. This time the "Reed" (Ioan Gruffudd) and "Sue" (Jessica Alba) romance is about to tie the knot when the army intervene to enlist their help is dealing with the menacing threat posed by a mysterious "Silver Surfer" (who looks like an award your eight year old might have got for a Californian surfing competition in 1975). Anyway, it turns out that he is but a precursor to the far more deadly, planet gobbling, "Galactus" who is hungry - and Earth is on his menu. Meantime, good old "Victor Von Doom'' (Julian McMahon) has not forgotten his shabby treatment from the last time, and so has his own agenda that will manipulate the army and the messenger and, he hopes, give him world domination. Can the four put aside their differences and save the day? What do you think? This is about as unmenacing and devoid of jeopardy as any adventure film could ever be. Again, Evans - now even more cock-sure than before, has all the best lines and action scenes (such as they are) and the special effects are well presented. The casting and writing, though, continue to let the whole thing down and the plot really does lurch along to an ending that - like "Galactus", you could see from space! Hopefully the last of these, and it's now pretty clear why "Hornblower" isn't going to make an Hollywood star anytime soon.