Latest in Sony’s Spider-Man Universe tries too much and accomplishes little

Much like the elixir that transforms Sergei Kravinoff into the legendary Spider-Man supervillain Kraven the Hunter, Sony’s film of the same name is a menagerie of elements. The problem is, the nonsensical concoction that is “Kraven the Hunter” is much more likely to poison you than grant you superpowers.

“Kraven,” the latest live-action entry in Sony’s Spider-Man Universe (home to the forgettable “Madame Web” and memeable-but-generally awful “Morbius,” along with the “Venom” trilogy), is an R-rated origin story for the popular Marvel antagonist. But I promise you, it’s not as fun as that sounds. Because what “Kraven” wants to be is a “Deadpool”-style fusion of quippy humor and shameless violence that introduces moviegoers to one of the web-slinger’s most formidable adversaries. What we get instead is a disjointed two-hour mess that waffles between half-baked treatises on everything from animal conservation to masculinity and a plot structure that’s somehow both over- and underdeveloped.

Read the full review at The Seattle Times.

Two “Not your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man movie” stars out of five.