I haven\u2019t had the (mis)fortune to see Morbius or Madame Webb yet, but Sony\u2019s latest supe entry isn\u2019t quite as bad as most people are saying. Not a ringing endorsement, I know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
I\u2019m pretty sure the Cineworld execs had an agenda with their advertising choices before the film started. I mean, they\u2019re always going to have a plan of some sort, but they were REALLY sending a message this time round. What advert, you might ask? Well, the Gorgio Armani one. You know, the one where Aaron Taylor Johnson is swimming around in the sea half naked. Yeah, that one. Admittedly, he\u2019s not the king when it comes to the Half-naked Man Perfume Advert Competition (that goes to a certain individual in the Burberry Hero perfume ad where said individual also randomly turns into a centaur at the end. Groovy). Anyway, Cineworld knew what they were doing when they decided to include that advert here, because you\u2019ve already got the bare-chested Kraven the Hunter poster as the film\u2019s central promotional material. And he does indeed randomly display those assets in an early scene when he boards a plane. Because, uh, planes are too hot, apparently. And he does it again at the end. Yeah. Arguably, the majority of the film is essentially an advertisement for Taylor Johnson\u2019s body, in a similar way that Commando was a promotion for Arnie\u2019s figure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But, anyway, plot. Well, there are two bros who have a nasty father (props to Russel Crowe for adding another dodgy accent to his repertoire). There\u2019s an accident which causes one bro to get super strength after receiving help from a token black character, then he decides to leave the family shortly after to find himself. Then he becomes the protector of big animals (PoBA?), taking out some vengeance against peeps who harvest animals for colonial purposes. Nice. He\u2019s not as nice to the small animal community, though. R.I.P. river fish. Then a couple of baddies resurface from his past life and he\u2019s got to deal with them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There\u2019s not a lot going on here in terms of acting quality, but the soundtrack\u2019s decent. And that\u2019s probably down to composer Benjamin Wallfisch, who also did the tunes for Blade Runner 2049. That\u2019s a film you need to watch, by the way, if you haven\u2019t already. Oh, and I didn\u2019t really feel like the film warranted a 15 rating. But then I got to the gory third act and thought, \u2018ok, it does need that rating\u2019. I had a similar reaction to both The Last Duel and Last Night In Soho, two films that must have come out in a similar time frame. Whoa, these guys are 18, really? Well, I think they could\u2019ve gotten away with a 15 *gets to penultimate scene in both* ah ok, I very much understand why they had to slap on the old 18 rating now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Anyway, after all that babbling, I don\u2019t think Kraven the Hunter is quite as atrocious as some folks are saying. If you\u2019re going into it expecting high standard narrative structure and competent characterisation, then sure, it\u2019s going to honk. But if you\u2019re looking for some silly, nonsensical entertainment, then it\u2019ll do just fine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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