Kraven is in fact terrible, at least according to the early reviews in that put it at a 14% Rotten Tomatoes score.

The first live-action appearance of the longtime Spider-Man foe, who made his comic-book bow in 1964, marks the sixth film in Sony’s Spider-Man Universe franchise following Morbius (2022), Madame Web (2024) and the recently completed Venom trilogy (2018-2024).

Sony is reportedly giving up on its Spider-Man universe, which includes universally panned films such as Venom and Morbius, as Kraven the Hunter is projected for a worse opening weekend than the disastrous Madame Web.

A hero is nothing without the villains they face, and few rogues’ galleries are more compelling than Spider-Man ’s. The pantheon of baddies who’ve gone toe-to-toe with the friendly neighborhood webhead is so extensive and memorable that many of them have gone on to star in their own solo comic-book series.

As with Venom and Morbius, robbing Kraven of conflict with Spider-Man mostly means that he shifts from genuine supervillain to semi-generic anti-hero—a superpowered type who kills goons without compunction,

As a movie, "Kraven the Hunter" marks the beginning of the endgame for Sony's Spider-Man Universe, and you can just about feel that in the way Kraven's minor enhanced abilities turn him into little more than a generic comic-book bruiser.

As the year dies down, there are still a few notable titles that have yet to be released amid the 2024 movie schedule. Sony’s Kraven the Hunter, which sees Aaron Taylor-Johnson play the titular role,

I hate to admit it, but some part of me — certainly not my eyes or ears, but some part of me, at least — is going to miss Sony’s Spider-Man Universe, which the studio is rep

It’s Kraven with a K,” growls the hero of Sony’s latest – and reportedly last – foray into the grimy wilderness that is their extended Spider-Man Universe, following Morbius, Madame Web and the Venom trilogy.