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There is a new vampire in town and his name is “Morbious,”
‘Morbius’ lacks both fangs and bite
By Joshua Payne
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Sony’s Spider-Man Universe expanded out of Venom territory with Morbius, a sci-fi, action-adventure superhero film produced by Marvel Entertainment and Columbia Pictures, starring Jared Leto as a “Living Vampire.” Leto plays the role of Dr. Michael Morbius, a Nobel Prizewinning scientific genius crippled with a blood disease he was determined to cure.
According to the popular popculture media organization known as Imagine Gaming Network (IGN), “Morbius works alongside scientist and eventual romantic interest Martine Bancroft (Adria Arjona) in the name of his ailing best friend Milo (Matt Smith) since their early private health care treatments.
It’s the epitome of serious consequences brought upon by fraternal love as Morbius splices vampire bat DNA with a human subject — himself — leading to his ghoulish transformation into a not-yet-provencontrollable killing machine.”
Despite the various advertisements creating high hopes for this new edition to the roster of superhero films, the movie overall was mediocre at best, scoring a five out of 10 on IGN’s scale and a disappointing 16% on Rotten Tomato’s scale.
The story lacks substance as it fails to properly deep dive into the story of the man-bat anti-hero, and the supporting characters were underwritten to the point of curiosity as to why they were featured in the first place, such as agent Simon Stroud and Dr. Morbius’ originalcaretaker, Emil Nikols.
Besides the mostly monochrome special effects, which were only captivating for a short time, Matt Smith’s portrayal of Milo was the film’s main saving grace; his flamboyant personality introduced color to the film, making him the most interesting individual to watch throughout the film despite Dr. Morbius being the main character. Overall, the below-average storyline, underwritten characters and forgettable blackon-black special effects drastically hold back the potential of what the movie could have been; an amazing yet dark action-packed sci-fi Marvel film re-telling the story of an iconic Spider-Man villain from the comics.
