‘Kraven the Hunter’ Review: Aaron Taylor-Johnson Brings the Brawn but Can’t Muscle Up the Excitement in Turgid Marvel Origin Story

Story by David Rooney

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Marvel's 'Kraven the Hunter' stumbles through a muddled origin story, with Aaron Taylor-Johnson's physicality failing to energize the dull, bloody proceedings.

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Despite impressive stunts, Taylor-Johnson's wooden performance and the screenplay's lack of excitement leave the film feeling like a generic, uninspired addition to Sony's Spider-Man Universe.
The film's convoluted plot, featuring a drug kingpin father, a shape-shifting mercenary, and a voodoo-powered lawyer, never quite coheres, resulting in a messily overstuffed origin tale that struggles to establish a clear identity for Kraven.

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Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ariana DeBose, Fred Hechinger, Alessandro Nivola, Christopher Abbott, Russell Crowe, Levi Miller, Billy Barratt, Murat Seven, Marvel, Sony Pictures, Black Sabbath, Kraven the Hunter, No Country for Old Men

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