From Jonathan Klotz
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For years, Sony has been trying to build up its own superhero film universe of Spider-Man-Bösewichten without mentioning Spider-Man, and with the exception of poison it was one failure after another. Finally after the publication of The request of the hunterThe experiment ended. This last, misguided film that was not made for apparently anyone is now on Netflix, where he strangely became a top film for the world’s greatest streaming service.
Kravens first and last hunt
When The request of the hunter If it was announced, the fans wondered what history it could possibly adapt because the greatest history of the villain “Kraven’s Last Hunt” Spider-Man comprises so that it is impossible to adapt without the wall crawler. It turns out that the film is on the rise of Aaron Taylor-Johnson’s antihero when he against his father Nikolai Kravinoff (Russell croweIn another superhero film), a ruthless crime lord, and is caught in a war to control the criminal underground of Russia. At his side is Calypso (Ariana Debose), a Voodoo priestess who gave superhuman forces as a little young raven, and sometimes his brother, the Chameleon (Fred Hechinger).
It is a standard Sony Superhero Film that spends too much time to establish the character and not approximately enough to see the audience in action. Part of the problem with The request of the hunter It is that the character has no real forces to rely on its skills instead, but the film gives him animal -based superhuman strength, durability and mobility until it can park sheer walls. He is not even the only character that the film is fighting to adapt. The changing forces of the chamelon look like a syfy original from 2005, and then there are the real villains of the film.
One of the better superhero films by Sony
The request of the hunter Makes the deepest train of Spide-Rman’s squad of bad guys by bringing the foreigner (Christopher Abbott) to the big screen. This version is an apparently overpowering assassin and not the strategic champion of spy Wonder Comics. Then there is the rhinoceros (Alessandro Nivola), a multi -year joke of a villain that only exists to sit down, but there he is a legitimate threat with more intelligence and charm than every comic symptoms that works, but it is still the great evil.
Despite all the strange decisions in adapting this strange corner of the Spider-Man comics to the large screen ,, The request of the hunter Is a terrible film on your own. Strengthened by an R-rating that leaves it Aaron Taylor-Johnson Stab nameless racket and even bite a nose or two, it is darker and more gritty than the other superhero films from Sony. It was also the least successful and in December 2024 after a delay of over a year finally hit cinemas, only to earn less money (62 million US dollars) as Madame Web.
Compared to Madame WebPresent MorbiusAnd Poison: The last dancePresent The request of the hunter is a well -made film that has shocking action scenes for most films that take place during the day. It is not great, but now that it is removed from the costs of a ticket and driving to the theater, the audience are more willing to give him a chance, and who knows that it could be another classic by Aaron Taylor-Johnson in a few years.
The request of the hunter Is now on Netflix.
