On purpose or not, everything eventually comes to an end, up to and including ill-conceived, poorly received, commercially unsuccessful series, franchises, and so-called cinematic universes. For the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe), that day will surely come, likely sooner rather than later (i.e., next year), but for Sony’s Spider-Man Universe (SSU), that day has finally arrived. Confirming the merciful end of its long-floundering live-action universe, Sony’s blindly profit-drive efforts to capitalize on Marvel’s multi-billion-dollar grosses conclude with the much-delayed J.C. Chandor-directed, Aaron Taylor-Johnson-starring Kraven the Hunter, a sub-mediocre, sub-banal, ultimately disposable supervillain origin story minus the character's greatest foe/reason for existing, Spider-Man. Originally set for release last year, Kraven the Hunter centers on the title character, Sergei Kravinoff / Kraven (Taylor-Johnson, Nosferatu, The Avengers,...
KRAVEN THE HUNTER Review: Sony's Marvel-Adjacent Superhero-verse Goes Out With a Whimper
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On purpose or not, everything eventually comes to an end, up to and including ill-conceived, poorly received, commercially unsuccessful series, franchises, and so-called cinematic universes. For the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe), that day will surely come, likely sooner rather than later (i.e., next year), but for Sony’s Spider-Man Universe (SSU), that day has finally arrived. Confirming the merciful end of its long-floundering live-action universe, Sony’s blindly profit-drive efforts to capitalize on Marvel’s multi-billion-dollar grosses conclude with the much-delayed J.C. Chandor-directed, Aaron Taylor-Johnson-starring Kraven the Hunter, a sub-mediocre, sub-banal, ultimately disposable supervillain origin story minus the character's greatest foe/reason for existing, Spider-Man. Originally set for release last year, Kraven the Hunter centers on the title character, Sergei Kravinoff / Kraven (Taylor-Johnson, Nosferatu, The Avengers,...
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