Morbius Review: Jared Leto's Sony Marvel Entry Is Boring & Unoriginal
In recent years, Sony Pictures has been building out their own interconnected franchise of Marvel movies, beginning with Venom in 2018 and spanning a handful of movies, the most recent of which is Morbius. However, while Sony's Spider-Man Universe has adapted some of Peter Parker's famous villains, the live-action series doesn't have their own webhead just yet. Instead, Sony has confirmation that their Venom and Morbius movies are connected to the MCU via the multiverse, as revealed in Spider-Man: No Way Home. But until Sony introduces Spider-Man to their live-action universe, the movies must stand on their own merits. Unfortunately, Morbius does not. Despite a fine performance from Jared Leto, Morbius is a painfully mediocre superhero origin story, delivering a shallow recreation of better movies.
Leto stars as Dr. Michael Morbius, a scientist with a blood disorder for which he's dedicated his life to finding a cure. He's able to cure himself by splicing his DNA with that of vampire bats, but he turns himself into a living vampire in the process. Michael gains certain abilities ,like super strength and sonar hearing, but he also needs to drink blood in order to survive. Michael's life is made more complicated when his childhood best friend Milo (Matt Smith), who suffers from the same condition, steals the serum that cured Michael and turns himself into a living vampire as well. With the help of his fellow scientist Martine Bancroft (Adria Arjona) and his father figure Nicholas (Jared Harris), Michael must find a way to put a stop to Milo's murderous rampage on New York City, all while avoiding being arrested by FBI agents Simon Stroud (Tyrese Gibson) and Al Rodriguez (Al Madrigal).
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