Morbius
Sony’sMorbiusintroduces the Living Vampire in the lead of theSinister Sixmovie for Sony ’s Spider - Man Universe . The film has score an abysmal 16 % on Rotten Tomatoes with the impression and story of the movie receiving the brunt of the literary criticism . The new instalment to the SSU feels otiose and iseverything wrong with Sony ’s Spider - Man Universe . Morbiusproves Sony does n’t need to set up origination stories for its graphic symbol to make a Sinister Six pic .
InMorbius , Jared Leto ’s Dr. Michael Morbius explore for a therapeutic to his rare blood illness but accidentally turns himself into a vampire pursue an illegal genetic experiment with vampire bats . A movie featuring Spider - Man ’s most prominent villain has been planned for the SSU for a while in the form of aSinister Sixouting , but Sony seems determined to give each character a solo level before their team moving picture . A standardized scheme has avail the MCU farm to its current colossal signifier and Sony in all likelihood hop to emulate this . The SSU began withVenomin 2018 and was followed byVenom : Let There Be Carnagein 2021 and withMorbiusin 2022 which featured Michael Keaton’sMCU Vulture , who ends up in Morbius ' universeas a result of the events ofSpider - Man : No Way Home .
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Morbiusproves the villain of the SSU would likely be well avoiding solo outings to lie in the cornerstone for the Sinister Six motion picture . If the timbre of Jared Leto ’s 2d supervillain part is any denotation of what the other films of the SSU will have in storage , it ’s voiceless to imagine what variety of hoopla any other Sony Spider - Man Universe movies can desire to command , much less an amalgamation of six . Not only doesMorbiusstruggle thanks to an unoriginal story , but the movie feels like it exist as a stepping gem towardsSinister Six . In a more radical change of glide slope thanSony ’s Spider - Man Universe construction to a Sinister Six movie , Sinister Sixcould be the jump - off tip for more unique ventures for each of the film ’s villain .
Standalone team - up films have seen corner office success more often than not . Both James Gunn’sGuardians of the GalaxyandThe Suicide Squadwere full of unfamiliar face andThe Suicide Squadwas still able to set in motion the HBOMax seriesPeacemaker , starring John Cena . The DCEU’sJustice Leagueonly had Superman and Wonder Woman fully ground in - population before it premiered in 2017 , withAquamanreleasing a year later and a Flash movie star Ezra Miller gestate in 2023.Morbiusnot only builds tenuous connections to a Sony Spider - Man Universe , but the subpar line story also fails to create any interest in Sony ’s hopes for a Sinister Six .
Plans for theSSU wo n’t be derail byMorbius ' box officefailure , but each Modern accession to the universe has been worse than the last . Concerningly , Sony ’s attempt at blood line stories could actively hurt a Sinister Six motion-picture show even worse than the rebound built byThe Amazing Spider - Man 2’snegative reviews . The movies in Sony ’s Spider - Man Universe now dominate lousy critic reviews across the circuit card and diminish audience score speak to a relate dip in interest as well . Morbiusscores a 70 % in audience reviews on Rotten Tomatoes , down 10 points from eitherVenomorVenom : Let There Be Carnage . WhileMorbiusstill entertains at times , there is still a detectable drop in quality that Sony ca n’t afford if it desire itsSinister Sixto come to fruition .
Ultimately , Sony needs to calculate out a better approach to the SSU that will make for the best movies and do their characters justice if they want their films to bring home the bacon . Likely in reply toMorbius ' wretched review , it limit a Marvel box office recordwith the biggest second - weekend dip for all of their movies . WithKraven the HunterandMadame Webalready vomit up and confirmed , perhaps the next films in Sony ’s Spider - Man Universe can buck the trend and see more success in building up toSinister Six .
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