Doomed: The Untold Story of Roger Corman's the Fantastic Four

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Doomed: The Untold Story of Roger Corman's the Fantastic Four

2015

1h 25m

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An exploration into the ill-fated "Fantastic Four" movie version by executive producer Roger Corman.

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Chase Beck

Battleship Pretension

...a very standard, talking-head documentary. Director Marty Langford has done an excellent job of getting interviews with nearly everyone involved in the film including the major cast members...

Dec 8, 2020

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Andrew Parker

The Gate

The doc is unquestionably more entertaining than the film being profiled, but damn if it doesn't make you appreciate the subject matter a lot more than you might have otherwise.

Rated: 4.2/5

Aug 28, 2018

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Scott Collura

IGN Movies

An 84-minute retrospective about the never (officially) released film from the early 1990s, Doomed is a pretty interesting (if blandly assembled) journey for those already invested in superhero history.

Rated: 6.8/10

Nov 18, 2016

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Mike McGranaghan

Aisle Seat

Fascinating and sometimes funny. This is one of the most candid behind-the-scenes documentaries of recent times because the interviewees have no reason to suppress their true feelings.

Rated: 3.5/4

Oct 10, 2016

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Norman Wilner

NOW Toronto

Even Marvel diehards might find their attention drifting after the first 20 minutes.

Rated: 2/5

Oct 5, 2016

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Felix Vasquez Jr.

Cinema Crazed

A rousing testament to the power of the fan community and how a potentially lost film made an important statement about Hollywood politics.

Sep 28, 2016

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Lluvia A

I feel so bad for almost everyone involved in the making of the The Fantastic Four. I found this documentary interesting. This business is so screwy.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

04/06/25

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Rami A

After watching a leaked copy of the unreleased film and seeing this documentary, I felt sorry for the team behind it: the director, the editor, the composers, and most importantly, the actors. It was really insightful to learn about the history of this hidden gem. If Avi Arad was worried about losing money, he could have released it as a TV movie or straight-to-video release.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

10/06/24

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Audience Member

An insightful, interesting and even surprisingly poignant/somber documentary, Doomed might not change the face of documentaries forever but it does go into impressive, elaborate detail about how a film cast and crew ended up being screwed over by the inner machinations of Hollywood, despite people trying to make this ill-fated superhero movie work on a low budget and having a decent marketing campaign. To think that this was always being done with ulterior motives while a bunch of enthusiastic young people trying to start a career in acting remained none the wiser, until things started getting suspicious. I know this joke is traditionally reserved for The Incredibles and its sequel but I just feel like saying it to conclude this review: The best Fantastic Four movie ever made is...an Indiegogo-funded documentary about a Fantastic Four movie. Good luck on the other side, Marvel's First Family.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/23/23

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Audience Member

Very interesting but near the end they were just repeating the same idea over and over.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/12/23

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Good. Not especially well told or edited, but the interviews were great.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/02/23

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Synopsis

An exploration into the ill-fated "Fantastic Four" movie version by executive producer Roger Corman.

Director: Marty Langford
Producer: Mark Sikes
Screenwriter: Marty Langford
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 11, 2017
Runtime: 1h 25m

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