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KRAVEN THE HUNTER MOVIE REVIEW
Let us raise a glass to the end of the Sony era of Spider-man spinoff films that no one asked for. Morbius, Madam Web, and the Venom movies, have had a very rocky history with critics and their latest, Kraven the Hunter, is no different. Aaron Taylor-Johnson stars as the titular hunter who is on a convoluted quest to take out as many evil doers as he can with his supernatural “animal” powers. We first meet Kraven as a young boy along with his meek brother (later played by Fred Hechinger) as they’re presented with terrible news by their father (Russell Crowe) that their mother has died. Wipe away those tears though, because Crowe has an excellent idea to go hunting for a lion! As they’re hunting the lion, young Kraven is attacked. Through a mystical potion and the lion’s blood, he now has superhuman powers that he uses to fight crime across the world. If you have any idea who Kraven is from the comics, you would know that he’s a ruthless Spider-man villain and famed murderous killer. Why Sony decided to make him more of an anti-hero befuddles us and the entire audience. We’re also introduced to Calypso (Ariana DeBose) who befriends Kraven in his journey of bloody revenge, The Rhino (Alessandro Nivola) who becomes Kraven’s main foil and completely understood the assignment, and The Foreigner (Christopher Abbott) who…um…we’re still trying to figure out his powers. The script and line delivery is next level embarrassing and no one in the film is able to elevate this movie to even b-movie status. Listen as Wright, Kim, and Spider-Mike try to understand the slightest bit about J.C. Chandor’s Kraven the Hunter!
DIRECTED BY: J. C. Chandor
STARRING: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ariana DeBose, Fred Hechinger, Alessandro Nivola, Christopher Abbott, Russell Crowe, Levi Miller, Murat Seven, Yuri Kolokolnikov
YOUR REVIEWERS
Wright Sulek (Screener Squad, Digital Noise, Highly Suspect Reviews, Trash in the Can, Audio Editor, Da Other Boss)
Wright hails from the northern suburbs of Dallas, Texas. His passion for filmmaking brought him to Austin to study and make movies. Since then he’s had his hand in acting, writing, and directing his own short films with numerous like-minded film geeks he’s met along his journey. His newest interest has brought him into the podcasting world. He co-hosted a few different movie related podcasts such as ‘And Now This’ and ‘The Match Cut’. He currently co-hosts with longtime friend, Eric Samaniego, where they talk shop about the grimiest, trashiest, lost gems of movies on their show, ‘Trash in the Can’. Wright also guests and hosts reviews on Screener Squad and Highly Suspect Reviews as well as co-hosts Digital Noise with Chris Cox.
Michael Riojas (Screener Squad, Highly Suspect Reviews)
The man with the ever-changing nicknames. Born in Austin, Riojas was rocketed to Del Rio, Texas, a literal Smallville. In his youth, he was bitten by a radioactive… okay, look. Mike is not very good at this whole “talking about himself” thing. But he has been so obsessed with comics, video games, and anime since childhood- that if one has to choose between listening to Joe Quesada or Mike over any obscure Spider-Man trivia, they go to him (or, at least Martin Thomas once said so). He is also a big fan of “Ghostbusters” (he even owns his own jumpsuit and two, that’s right, TWO proton packs!), collects toys and video games, and will defend “Superman IV: The Quest for Peace” if provoked. He lives in Austin with his beloved Dachshund-Maltese and trusted sidekick, Dean. He can also be heard on RageSelect. He can be found on Twitter and Instagram.
Kimberly Brown (Highly Suspect Reviews)
Kimberly wants to live in a world filled with blue telephone boxes, speedsters, and ice dragons but through an ironic twist of fate, she’s stuck in this reality where these wondrous things only exist on page or film. Kim’s perpetual desire to consume sci-fi and fantasy media as a teen led her to the study of illustration/design at university to better understand its creation. Currently an Austin transplant, when she’s not wearing her critic hat you can find her pretending to like hiking, fielding questions about her hair or maybe even enjoying a local brew at the nearest dive bar.
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