Kraven the Hunter” really doesn’t work. It is, however, more diverting in the ways it doesn’t work than “Madame Web” and the very, very not-good “Morbius.” Like those two, this one’s a Sony Marvel origin story,

Luckily for Spider-Man fans, there are multiple villains introduced for the first time in “Kraven the Hunter.” Fred Hechinger plays the master of disguise Chameleon; Alessandro Nivola is the super-strong Rhino; Christopher Abbott is the mercenary the Foreigner; and Ariana DeBose is the mystical Calypso.

Kraven the Hunter just released and it name-dropped a key character from Marvel Comics lore, Miles Warren, who is best known amongst hardcore comic book and Spider-Man fans as the villain, The Jackal.

Every December, there comes a hero to save us all from prestige awards-season movies. Too much thinking? Need to turn off your brain? Never fear, “Kraven the Hunter” is here,

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Sony’s Kraven the Hunter features the live-action debut of the Marvel villain, Chameleon, played by Fred Hechinger. Hardcore Spider-Man and Marvel fans may know the character from the comics and related media.

Sony continued to expand its spider-verse this year, introducing various heroes, anti-heroes and now, a man who is typically a villain. That man? Kraven the Hunter. Played by Aaron Taylor-Johnson — one of the rare actors who have had crossover in the MCU (he played Pietro Maximoff) and Sony's spider-verse — Sergei Kravinoff is at the center of the film,

Aaron Taylor-Johnson is a muscular bore in the latest and maybe last entry in Sony's misbegotten franchise of Spider-Man movies without Spider-Man.The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox