Morbius
Directed by Daniel Espinosa
Written by Matt Sazama, Burk Sharpless,
Starring Jared Leto, Matt Smith, Adria Arjona
Release Date April 1st, 2022
Morbius is pretty much the mess that everyone has been predicting since it was announced that the famed Marvel vampire anti-hero was headed to the big screen. Starring Jared Leto, this lurid monster movie fails in many ways but most abundantly as a way of introducing Morbius to Sony’s bargain bin version of the MCU. Who is Michael Morbius? What is his motivation? What is his relationship with Spider-Man? Who the heck knows? I’ve seen this movie and I am more confused than ever.
The story of Michael Morbius begins in childhood. Michael is a sickly young child in the care of a kind doctor, Dr Emil Nicholas (Jared Harris). Michael has a rare blood disorder, one he shares with his roommate, Lucius (Matt Smith), though, for reasons never explained, Michael calls Lucius, Milo and the name sticks. Michael, apparently, cynically and rather rudely, calls all of his neighbors Milo as they don’t tend to stick around long enough for him to learn their names.
Find my full length review at Geeks.Media, linked here.
