It’s the lackluster latest — and apparently last, thank the heavens — of Sony’s Spider-Man Cinematic Universe Without The Actual Spider-Man. The great superhero movie rewatch is completely unimpressed with Kraven the Hunter.
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Aaron Taylor-Johnson throws himself into the part, at least, having apparently gone to great lengths to get in six-pack-abs shape for the role. But he doesn’t have the operatic bombast of the comics character—plus his accents are all over the place. (His American accent is very mannered, and his Russian dialogue is too heavily accented to be convincing as a native speaker.) He plays the role way too straight, too laconic, too serious. On several occasions, he’s referred to as a lunatic (particularly by Calypso), but that description doesn’t track with how Taylor-Johnson is playing the role at all.
Russell Crowe’s accent is more consistent, but isn’t actually good. The comedy accent he put on to play Zeus in Thor: Love and Thunder worked for that part in that movie; the comedy accent he uses in this film, not so much.
Published on November 13, 2025 12:31