Kraven the Hunter has landed a brutal rating on Rotten Tomatoes, marking one of the lowest-scored films from Sony.
The comic book movie follows Sergei Kravinoff (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) as he goes on a journey to become the most feared hunter in the land.
Also starring Ariana DeBose, Fred Hechinger, Christopher Abbott, Alessandro Nivola and Russell Crowe, the film serves as the sixth and final instalment of Sony’s Spider-Man Universe, which includes the Venom trilogy, Morbius and Madame Web.
It's not proved to be a valiant farewell, at least in the eyes of the critics, with the film merely having a 14% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes from its first 79 reviews.
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This is currently a lower rating than Morbius (15%), but it is at least higher than Madame Web (11%), though lower than all three Venom films.
What to Read Next
You can read a selection of reviews below:
Digital Spy
"Much like Madame Web, Kraven the Hunter finally comes to cinemas this Friday after multiple release-date delays, and with heavy signs of changes in the edit. If these were aimed at salvaging it, they probably only broke it further."
Observer
"This Spider-Man spin-off is entertaining – the action sequences hold together, blood gushes frequently, and Aaron Taylor Johnson dons a midriff-baring costume. But it's also convoluted and full of extraneous characters."
The Wrap
"The real tragedy surrounding Kraven the Hunter isn't that it promises a future that will never be, but that it could've allowed itself and the universe to which it belongs to go out with some dignity."
Empire Magazine
"This all feels a long way from [director JC] Chandor's glory days of Margin Call and All Is Lost. Save the occasional flourish, Kraven The Hunter is limp, tired, uninvolving superhero fare."
Variety
"I've seen much worse comic-book movies than Kraven the Hunter, but maybe the best way to sum up my feelings about the film is to confess that I didn't stay to see if there was a post-credits teaser."
The Hollywood Reporter
"Those hints of a so-bad-it's-good guilty pleasure are a fleeting tease in an action thriller that spills plenty of blood but never raises the temperature or ignites the excitement."
Kraven the Hunter is out now in cinemas.
Reporter, Digital Spy George is a freelance writer who specialises in Movies and TV. After graduating with a degree in Film Studies and Journalism from De Montfort University, in which he analysed the early works of Richard Linklater for his dissertation, he wrote for several websites for GRV Media. His film tastes vary from blockbusters like Mission: Impossible and John Wick to international directors such as Paolo Sorrentino and Hirokazu Kore-eda, and has attended both the London and Berlin film festivals.
