Dog’s Movie House: “Kraven The Hunter” Competent Comic Movie With Little Reason To Exist!
Howdy Folks! It’s The Kendog here with a look at Sony’s new Marvel movie titled “Kraven The Hunter.” Kraven is one of the more notoble villains in Spider-Man’s rogues’ gallery, mainly because despite his desire to kill the wall crawler, Kraven has a rather staunch moral code. Kraven’s Last Hunt is one of the most respected comic book stories in the history of Marvel and it would have been fascinating to see that story told onscreen. But that’s not what we get here. Instead we get an origin story dealing with Kraven (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) and the relationship with his criminal father Nickolai (Russell Crowe) and half-brother Dmitri (Fred Heshinger) and the events that lead him to becoming the legendary hunter. It’s a competently told story yet there is an overwhelming sense of “why?”
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Howdy Folks! It’s The Kendog here with a look at the long-delayed sequel to the 2018 hit “Venom,” a film that managed to become a success despite being a film about a Spider-Man villain that didn’t feature Spider-Man. It succeeded because of a gonzo performance by Tom Hardy, some funky special effects, and a script that gets the character right despite the familiar story beats of a standard superhero film. “Let There Be Carnage” ups the ante when it comes to the bromance between the symbiote Venom (voiced by Hardy) and Eddie Brock. The two are in full old-married couple mode when they have to face a new symbiote that has merged with a serial killer named Cletus Kasady to become the powerful Carnage. Both Venom and Eddie are forced to deal not only with their own complicated relationship but with the consequences of their actions when it comes to both Cletus and Carnage.
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