Daniel Espinosa directs the third in Sony's Spider-Man Universe.
Jared Leto - Dr. Michael Morbius
Matt Smith - Milo
Adria Arjona - Martine Bancroft
Jared Harris - Dr. Emil Nicholas
Al Madrigal - Agent Rodriguez
Summary
At a children's hospital in Greece, a young Michael Morbius welcomes the arrival of Lucien, nicknaming surrogate brother 'Milo'.
25 years later, Michael, a now brilliant doctor, develops a morally questionable cure for rare blood disease by splicing vampire bat genes with his own DNA.
After Michael refuses to share breakthrough research, Milo steals it and turns nasty.
Mid-credits
The sky crackles with colourful energy (presumably Strange's spell cast in No Way Home), resulting in Adrian Toomes materialising in and subsequently released from empty prison cell.
From MCU to SSU?
Err, okay.
A few moments later, Morbius meets Toomes (complete with wingsuit) in a remote location.
Toomes suggests they team up to do some 'good', to which Doc replies "Intriguing."
Does this mean the Sinister Six will finally happen?
Whatever, future screams of chaos and confusion.
Excruciatingly bad
Sci-fi horror Life (2017) was good, but ironically, this was lifeless.
Jesus Christ, watching blood dry for 90 minutes would have been more exciting.
In terms of clumsy action, slo-mo bullet time and Morbius briefly scuffling with Milo is about all she wrote, making origin story even more fucking boring.
Oh, how can a vampire survive in a world where humans rarely bleed?
Yeah.
Leto's Blade derivative exudes zero personality and while Smith can inject quirkiness, villain is still terrible.
Screenplay is littered with banality, and Morbius warning police 'they wouldn't like him when he's hungry' standing out for the wrong reasons.
As for appalling CG climax - it was all a blobby blur.
Plea to powers that be.
Drive a stake into character's heart before sequel is greenlit.
Thanks in advance.
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