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Synopsis: Reed Richards, a brilliant but timid and bankrupt scientist, is convinced that evolution can be triggered by clouds of cosmic energy, and has calculated that Earth is going to pass one of these clouds soon. Together with his friend and partner, the gruff yet gentle astronaut muscle-man Ben Grimm, Reed convinces his conceited MIT classmate Dr. Victor Von Doom, now CEO of his own enterprise, to allow him access to his privately-owned space station. Von Doom agrees in exchange for control over the experiment and a majority of the profits from whatever benefits it brings. He thus brings aboard Susan Storm, his shy, though assertive chief genetics researcher and a former lover of Reed's with whom she had an acrimonious break-up, and her diametrically opposed brother Johnny, the maverick and hot-headed playboy pilot. The astronauts make it home intact; however, before long they begin to mutate, developing strange and amazing powers as a result of their exposure to the cloud! Reed is able to
Director(s): Tim Story
Production: 20th Century Fox
  3 wins & 12 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.7
Metacritic:
40
Rotten Tomatoes:
27%
PG-13
Year:
2005
106 min
$154,485,963
Website
1,367 Views


Reed

[ Von Doom ]

E TA until cosmic event, nine hours

If you're good, maybe next time

Daddy'll let you drive.

You keep talkin',

and there won't be a next time.

Long way

from the projection booth...

at the Hayden Planetarium,

isn't it?

Yes.

Yes, it is.

We can monitor the cloud's approach

and observe the tests from here.

Is it safe?

The shields on the station

should protect us.

- "Should"?

- What's the matter, Ben?

Getting paranoid in your old age?

Let's start loading those samples.

Get your suit ready, Ben.

So I see you're still doing

all the heavy lifting.

Maybe you should have stayed in the lab.

Fieldwork never suited you.

He does the talkin'.

I do the walkin'. Got it?

So, take a walk, Ben.

Actually, if you'll all excuse me,

I need to borrow Susan...

for a moment

Sure.

Please tell me your guy's not trying

to rekindle things with my sister again.

Of course not.

It's strictly business.

Yes, well, his eyes

say differently, don't they?

Hey. Two hearts

got busted last time.

Maybe she's not over it either.

Wow, Dr. Phil, that's deep.

Let's think about that.

You got Victor-

more money than God, stud of the year-

and you got Reed,

world's dumbest smart guy...

worth less than a postage stamp.

That's a real toss-up.

Don't trouble your tiny little mind.

Don't wander off now, boy.

- [ Beeping ]

- [ Computer ] Securing air lock chamber

Surprised I agreed to Reed's proposal?

I understand the business reasons.

Well, when you're

looking at your future...

it doesn't hurt

to find closure about the past.

Susan, every man dreams he'll meet

a woman he can give the world to.

In my case,

it's not just a metaphor.

[ Beeps ]

[ Computer ]

Opening viewing station shield

[ Beeping ]

That can't be right.

[ Computer ] Event threshold

in T-minus nine minutes, 47 seconds

[ Reed ] That's impossible

It should be seven hours

We've been together

two years now.

It's been a good two years, Victor.

The company's accomplished so much.

Right. Of course. The company.

But I've come to realize...

that all the accomplishments in the world

mean nothing without someone

to share them with.

- Um-

- I've lived my life unafraid of taking big steps.

- Now it's time to take the biggest step of all.

- Victor-

If it helps,

think of this as a... promotion.

Victor, l-

I have four words.

Four little words that can change

our lives forever.

[ Reed ]

The cloud is accelerating!

We've got minutes until it hits,

not hours.

- Victor, that storm is deadly We need to abort

- Get a grip, Reed

We didn't come all this way to lose our nerve

at the first glitch. Just close the shields.

- Ben is still out there.

- So reel him in.

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Mark Frost

Mark Frost (born November 25, 1953) is an American novelist, screenwriter, director and film producer, best known as a writer for the television series Hill Street Blues and as the co-creator of the television series Twin Peaks. more…

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