Spider-Man spin-off Morbius has received a bit of a kicking over on Rotten Tomatoes.
Now playing in UK cinemas, Jared Leto's 'The Living Vampire' origin tale currently sits on a score of 20% after reviews were submitted by critics – certified 'rotten' in other words.
The initial fan reactions to the movie were far from glowing, but as you can see below, the general consensus now seems to be that this one was ultimately a big disappointment, despite some flickers of promise.
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In Digital Spy's 2-star review of the film, we wrote:
"The decision to bring his vampire side to life solely with digital VFX leads to it looking fake and unconvincing. You're reminded of Buffy the Vampire Slayer's vampires in design, adding to the whole '90s vibe.
"Perhaps the biggest issue with Morbius is that it feels inconsequential. It exists purely to establish this new character in Sony's Spider-Man universe, but leaves you with no reason to watch future outings."
Read on to see what other critics thought of Morbius.
"The cinematic equivalent of Murphy's law is demonstrated by this appalling superhero snooze-fest. It's a movie without dramatic jeopardy, originality, narrative coherence, compelling characters or a single even vaguely human performance."
"If he's not quite winging it like Tom Hardy is in the Venom franchise, Leto thankfully doesn't seem to take himself too seriously to prevent a little bit of fun from creeping into the film. But his character's journey is too obvious, predictable and oddly impatient to get to its resolution for audiences to care much about whether or not he becomes a superhero or succumbs to his disease."
"After a promising start, Daniel Espinosa's long-delayed film only intermittently matches the intensity of the lead performance, and the script by Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless becomes thin on story, choppily stringing together chaotic outbursts and action clashes that build to a painstakingly foreshadowed 'sibling' face-off."
"It can't be described as the wild, untethered disaster that some were secretly hoping for, because that would imply some level of creative risk. No, this is the flavourless product of far too many board meetings, where anything offered by director Daniel Espinosa has been whittled down to the level of pure 'content'.
"I'm not sure it's even meant to function as a film in the traditional sense. It's more a two-hour prelude to a post-credit scene, which happens to be one of the most sloppily written teases ever committed to screen. Morbius also doesn't have an ending. It simply cuts to the credits when everyone's had enough."
"Logic and plot flow are generally treated like civilian casualties, but the movie, with its canny mix of whiz-bang violence, goth atmosphere, and high camp, feels pleasingly pulpy and urgent up until its last minutes, when the narrative doesn't so much wind down as run smack into the final title card."
"This horror-action picture offers modest genre pleasures and a consistently spooky vibe, resulting in a film that has been designed chiefly to ensure future sequels, although the story includes enough emotional shading and robust set pieces to be an engaging standalone feature."
Morbius is out now in the UK, while it's released in US cinemas tomorrow (April 1).
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