The latest reboot of the Fantastic Four features a retro-cool look and winning chemistry between its leads. But after a promising start, First Steps falters due to a lacklustre plot that fails to find a new angle on a familiar superhero story involving an all-powerful being that is out to destroy Earth.

At their peak, Marvel movies earned upwards of $1 billion at the box ... to a domestic scene between Reed Richards (Pedro Pascal) and his wife Sue Storm (Vanessa Kirby). Sue, who can generate force fields and make objects (and herself) disappear, has ...