Kraven the Hunter is popping out this yr. Did you overlook? Effectively, Sony is right here to jog your reminiscence by dropping a brand new trailer at 3:00 within the morning. The Russian supervillain is out for bloody, R-rated revenge because the film teases a remaining showdown with the Rhino.
Aaron Taylor-Johnson, who chances are you’ll keep in mind as Quicksilver in Avengers: Age of Ultron, performs the big-game hunter Sergei Nikolaevich Kravinoff, who is able to chew surroundings throughout the countryside after escaping an arctic jail. Out December 13, Kraven the Hunter’s newest trailer additionally introduces us to the titular anti-hero’s gangster dad performed by Russell Crowe.
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As Johnny Money sings within the background, we see Kraven doing all of his hunter issues, from dodging bear traps and knifing guys within the leg to operating on all fours like he simply completed watching James McAvoy in Glass. The trailer additionally units up Rhino as the large unhealthy, described as an animal “stronger than you’ll be able to think about.” It ends with the 2 combating out in a valley amid a stampede of water buffalo.
Kraven’s Final Hunt is taken into account to be one of many high comedian guide arcs in Marvel’s repertoire, however with no Spider-Man to tug on, Sony’s origin story for Kraven, who was additionally featured in final yr’s PlayStation 5 hit Spider-Man 2, seems to be going extra for an motion film revenge flick vibe within the vein of John Wick or The Equalizer. Whether or not it may well truly succeed by itself deserves is the large query. The primary Venom apart, Sony’s latest Spider-Man B-sides monitor file has been stuffed with main misses like Morbius and Madame Internet.
One factor Sony clearly does need audiences to know is that Kraven the Hunter received’t be shying away from brutal violence. Given Deadpool & Wolverine’s latest $1 billion field workplace blowout, shattering data for R-rated motion pictures, it’s a method that is sensible. On the similar time, it’s going to take rather a lot quite a lot of decapitations to purge Sony’s present comedian guide film malaise.
