Any origin story needs to breathe, and so it's a surprise that F4 scarcely runs over 90 minutes minus credits, when it's blatantly evident that, with the right script, it should be close to the two-hour mark, like the vast majority of similar introductory superhero movies (could you imagine a Spider-Man or Superman running so short?). This would've given Trank additional time to deliver a fleshed-out first act, then give time for Doom to come into the picture, cause some chaos, and then face off against the Four a few times in the film's second half. History dictates that origin stories can't be rushed, because if you want an audience to buy into your character (or in this case, characters), you need to hammer home both their abilities as a kicka** hero and their demeanour as a human being. Instead, the whole thing here feels rushed and all over the place pacing wise (Doom only shows up at the very end of the movie for one), and perhaps if Fox weren't so historically trigger-happy with cutting movies down, F4 may have ended up a little more coherent. Josh Trank already noted in his deleted tweet that he feels that the public may never see his vision of the movie, but if he ever gets clearance to release it, many would no doubt be eager to see what sort of shape it's in.