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#IReadsYou Movie Review: KRAVEN THE HUNTER

Kraven the Hunter (2024)

Running time:  127 minutes (2 hours, 7 minutes)

MPA – R for strong bloody violence, and language

DIRECTOR:  J.C. Chandor

WRITERS:  Richard Wenk, Art Marcum, and Matt Holloway; from a story by Richard Wenk (based on the Marvel Comics)

PRODUCERS:  Avi Arad, David B. Householter, and Matt Tolmach

CINEMATOGRAPHER:  Ben Davis (D.o.P.)

EDITORS:  Chris Lebenzon and Craig Wood

COMPOSERS:  Evgueni Galperine, Sacha Galperine, and Benjamin Wallfisch

SUPERHERO/FANTASY/ACTION

Starring:  Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ariana DeBose, Fred Hechinger, Alessandro Nivola, Christopher Abbott, Levi Miller, Billy Barratt, Tom Reed, Diaana Babnicova, Yuri Kolokolnikov, Damola Adelaja, and Russell Crowe

Kraven the Hunter is a 2024 action movie and superhero film from director J.C. Chandor.  The movie is based on the Marvel Comics character, Sergei Kravinoff/Kraven the Hunter, that was created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko and first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #15 (cover dated: August 1964).  This is also the sixth film in “Sony's Spider-Man Universe” (SSU) series.  The film focuses on a hunter of men and his complex relationship with his father, a ruthless Russian crime lord, which starts him down the path to becoming the greatest hunter of men in the world.

Kraven the Hunter opens in Northern Russia at a prison.  Of particular interest is Prisoner #0864, but soon, prison security and imprisoned Russian gangster, Semyon Chorney (Yuri Kolokolnikov), will learn that this prisoner is really a legendary assassin known as “The Hunter.”  Who is “The Hunter?”

He is really Sergei Kravinoff (Aaron Taylor-Johnson), the elder son of brutal Russian crime lord, Nikolai Kravinoff (Russell Crowe).  Sixteen years before The Hunter killed Chorney, Nikolai took Sergei and his younger son, Dmitri, on a hunting expedition in Northern Ghana.  A terrible accident leaves Sergei near death until a local young woman intervenes in a manner that changes Sergei in ways he never imagined.

In the present day, Sergei goes by the name “Kraven.”  His activities as “The Hunter” have earned him the ire of many criminals.  Kraven has a kill-list, and once someone is on it, they don't get off until he kills them.  Kraven reunites with Calypso (Ariana DeBose), the young woman who saved him sixteen years earlier.  Now, an adult, Calypso is an attorney, and Kraven asks her to assist him in his activities as “The Hunter” by finding information on his targets.

However, Kraven himself is now being hunted.  Wannabe Russian crime boss, Aleksei Sytsevich (Alessandro Nivola), and his ally, “The Foreigner” (Christopher Abbott), have targeted Kraven's brother, Dmitri (Fred Hechinger), now an adult, as a way to trap their prey.  Kraven will have to prove to his enemies that he is indeed the world's greatest hunter and also its most dangerous apex predator.

Kraven the Hunter is sixth film in “Sony's Spider-Man Universe” line of films.  It follows Venom (2018), Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021), Morbius (2022), Madame Web (2024), and the recently release, Venom: The Last Dance (2024).  This film series stars characters and properties commonly associated with Marvel Comics' character, Spider-Man.  Sadly, media reports indicate that Kraven the Hunter will be the last entry in Sony's Spider-Man Universe, and that's a shame because Kraven the Hunter deserves a sequel.

Most movie actors could not have saved Kraven the Hunter, if it did indeed need saving, as industry and fan gossip indicated.  If we accept those arguments, dear readers, that Kraven the Hunter needed saving, then Aaron Taylor-Johnson is indeed this film's savior.  Taylor-Johnson is a talented young actor, and he can certainly portray the tough-guy hero or antihero in a way that seems genuine, if not outright real.

Without Taylor-Johnson, I think Kraven the Hunter would still be a really entertaining film.  The screenplay, regardless of whatever number of writers contributed to it, intrigued me.  Director J.C. Chandor deftly weaves the film's story across continents and through shifts in plot that keeps things so interesting and involved that I didn't have time to search for plot holes and inconsistencies.  Also, Russell Crowe as Nikolai Kravinoff makes his scenes with Taylor-Johnson's Kraven feel ultra edgy and especially dangerous.

With Taylor-Johnson, however, Kraven the Hunter, is not only a really entertaining film, but it is also an exceptional superhero spin-off comic book film.  As comic book and superhero movies go, Kraven the Hunter is kind of like a B-movie or, at least, a B-list film, but you, dear readers, don't have to be a comic book fan to enjoy the film or its star.  As Kraven, Taylor-Johnson has such animal magnetism; I wanted to see him be in action-mode and be violent.  Taylor-Johnson has true movie star qualities, such as charisma and presence, and girl, the camera absolutely loves him.  Seriously, Taylor-Johnson carries Kraven the Hunter past what most other actors would have done – all the way to whatever kind of cinematic glory a Spider-Man-adjacent film can have.

Marvel Comics fans will likely enjoy the fact that several Spider-Man-related characters appear in the film, some of them surprisingly so.  Still, this film is about Kraven the Hunter, and Aaron Taylor-Johnson makes every subplot, setting, and the other character bow down to his “king of the jungle” performance.  Kraven the Hunter is good, surprisingly and shockingly good, because its leading man knows how to be a beast.

A

★★★★ out of 4 stars

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"

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#IReadsYou Review: GEEK-GIRL #13

GEEK-GIRL, VOL. 2 #13

MARKOSIA ENTERPRISES, LTD.

STORY: Sam Johnson

ART: Carlos Granda

COLORS: Chunlin Zhao

LETTERS: Paul McLaren

COVERS: Carlos Granda with Chunlin Zhao; Art Voyager with Chunlin Zhao

24pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (October 2024)

Rated T+

Geek-Girl created by Sam Johnson

“Identity Crisis” Part 3: “Interlopers”

Created by Sam Johnson, Geek-Girl is a comic book character that debuted in the 2016 Geek-Girl miniseries,  She returned in a second miniseries, 2018's Geek-Girl Vol. 2, which subsequently became an ongoing series.  Geek-Girl Vol. 2 is written by Sam Johnson; drawn by Carlos Granda; colored by Chunlin Zhao; and lettered by Paul McLaren.

Geek-Girl focuses on Ruby Kaye of Acorn Ridge, Maine, a sexy and popular college coed who inadvertently becomes a superhero.  Ruby dons a pair of super-tech eye glasses that give her super-powers.  Ruby's BFF, Summer James, then talks her into trying to be a superhero, even providing her with a moniker.  Now, Ruby is Maine's newest superhero, “Geek-Girl,” but the female super-villain, Identity Thief, has stolen her powers.

Geek-Girl Vol. 2 #13 (“Interlopers”) opens in Geek-Girl's superhero headquarters where Pig Head and his League of Larcenists teammates – Dog Woman and Chromex/Delfi Matrix – make their escape after Pig Head's rescue.  They can't completely escape, however, as erstwhile ally, Joe Cyborg, is sending them straight to boot camp.

Meanwhile, Summer continues her journey towards gaining super-powers and becoming a superhero.  She is in Augusta, Maine at “The Cowbell” bar where she hopes members of “The Hive” can help her obtain powers.  Plus, Ruby continues her own journey towards regaining her powers.

THE LOWDOWN:  Geek-Girl creator-writer Sam Johnson regularly sends me PDF review copies of the latest issues of Geek-Girl, and has been doing so for several years.  I enjoy reading about Geek-Girl and her (mis)adventures.  I like this comic book enough to keep encouraging you to give this series a try, dear readers.

Geek-Girl carries over story lines and threads from Geek-Girl #11, Geek-Girl #12, and the one-shot, Fake Geek-Girl #1.  Writer Sam Johnson packs most issues with a lot of characters, which can sometimes drag on the pace of the narrative.  On the other hand, sometimes, a lot of characters equals a lot of fun.  I can't get enough of this large ensemble cast, as is the case with this issue.  They're intriguing and lovable, even when they're being evil and repulsive.  Many of them are just as interesting or, at least, almost as interesting as the title character.

Artist Carlos Granda is quite good at capturing facial expressions and the quirkiness and oddness in the way people act in relationship to emotions and speech.  He certainly conveys the fun of a large cast with this issue.  His clean drawing style recalls the simple purity of the lowbrow weirdness that made superhero comic books explode in the 1960s.  Granda maintains the simplicity of wonder that many modern superhero comic books have lost.  Granda's excellent works shows all the more under Chunlin Zhao's excellent colors and Paul McLaren's lettering.

I had a blast reading Geek-Girl #13, and I continue to recommend it to you, dear readers.  Geek-Girl captures the charm and magic of classic comic books with a clever modern touch.

I READS YOU RECOMMENDS:  Fans of lovable superheroes will find an all-around winner in Geek-Girl.

A

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"

You can buy a physical copy of Geek-Girl #13, both regular editions and limited variant editions, via eBay UK here or at https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_fss=1&_saslop=1&_sasl=cabracinicomics&LH_SpecificSeller=1

You can also buy a physical copy of Geek-Girl #13 at Indy Planet here or at https://www.indyplanet.com/geek-girl-13

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#IReadsYou Review: BIG GUNS STUPID REDNECKS #2

BIG GUNS STUPID REDNECKS #2 (OF 3)

BAND OF BARDS

STORY: Austin Allen Hamblin

ART: Mariana Meira

COLORS: Mariana Meira

LETTERS: John Ira Thomas

EDITOR: Chuck Satterlee

COVER: Marcus Jimenez

VARIANT COVER: Scott Twells

Color, $4.99 U.S. (October 2024)

"BIG GUNS STUPID REDNECKS #2" is currently available for preorder at your local comic book shop with the "Final Order Cutoff" (FOC) date being the end of August. The comic book arrives in December 2024.

Big Guns Stupid Rednecks is a three-issue miniseries written by Austin Allen Hamblin and drawn and colored by Mariana Meira.  Published by Band of Bards, the series focuses on a retired lawman who fights to the death in order to entertain an alien television audience.  Letterer John Ira Thomas completes the series' creative team.

Big Guns Stupid Rednecks focuses on Clint, a retired police detective who was investigating a string of unexplained disappearances in the southern part of the United States.  One of the missing was Clay, Clint's younger brother by twelve years.  The search resulted in Clint being abducted... by aliens.  Intergalactic cable's biggest hit show is “Big Guns Stupid Rednecks,” and the alien producers need a steady supply of rednecks, which they get by kidnapping humans.  Clint is the latest combatant.

Big Guns Stupid Rednecks #2 opens with current BGSR champion, Clint, dispatching another redneck.  Clint maintains a behind-the-scenes diary of the show.  He struggles to please Oweful, the alien creator of BGSR, while still fighting for his life in the arena.  Oweful wants bigger ratings, and comes up with the “Big Guns Stupid Rednecks” championship to juice the ratings.  Little does Clint know that someone is conspiring behind his back, nor does he know that there is a huge surprise in store for him.

THE LOWDOWN:  Series writer Austin Allen Hamblin hooked me up with a PDF review copy of Big Guns Stupid Rednecks #2.  It is the second Band of Bards publication that I have read.

I continue to be pleasantly surprised by Big Guns Stupid Rednecks.  Hamblin has recreated some of the irreverent and edgy humor that readers found in such venerable sci-fi/fantasy anthologies as Heavy Metal and 2000AD over the last five decades.  Hamblin offers science fiction with no problem in loving the flavors that fantasy can add to it.

Mariana Meira's art is stylish and visually appealing.  Her storytelling is solid and captures the exciting nature of Hamblin's script.  Meira's menagerie of alien beings also recalls the early years of Jaime Hernandez's Locas stories in Love and Rockets.  It is in that strangeness of aliens that meets with the strangeness of outsider humanity.

I hope Big Guns Stupid Rednecks #2 ends up being an unexpected hit, the same as I hope that the first issue blows up when it is shortly released.  Big Guns Stupid Rednecks #2 is not perfect, but it is perfect for a comics market that needs an injection of cool weirdness.

I READS YOU RECOMMENDS:  Fans of outrageous sci-fi comedy and of 2000AD will want to give Big Guns Stupid Rednecks a try.

A-

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"

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Fanpage: https://www.facebook.com/AustinAllenHamblin

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#IReadsYou Review: THE MAGIC ORDER 4 #4

THE MAGIC ORDER 4 #4 (OF 6)

IMAGE COMICS/Netflix

STORY: Mark Millar

ART: Dike Ruan

COLORS: Giovanna Niro

LETTERS: Clem Robins

EDITORIAL: Sarah Unwin

COVER: Dike Ruan with Giovanna Niro

VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: Jodie Muir; Dike Ruan

28pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (April 2023)

Rated M / Mature

The Magic Order created by Mark Millar at Netflix

The Magic Order 4 is a six-issue miniseries from writer Mark Millar and artist Dike Ruan.  The is the fourth installment of The Magic Order series, which began with the 2018-19 miniseries written by Millar and drawn by Olivier Coipel.  The Magic Order is a band of sorcerers, magicians, and wizards – with a focus on the Moonstone family – that live ordinary lives by day, but protect humanity from darkness and monsters of impossible sizes by night.  Colorist Giovanna Niro and letterer Clem Robins complete the series creative team.

The Magic Order 4 focuses on a coup within the order, one that has left the Moonstones defeated … seemingly … by the dark one who always wanted to rule the order – the supposedly defeated Madame Albany.  Now, to save everything, Cordelia Moonstone, the now deposed leader, will have to go way down in the dirty dirty to restore order.

The Magic Order 4 #4 opens with Cordelia and Francis King still captives in the world/dimension known as “Kolthur.”  Fellow prisoner, Ubris Obrughast, has informed the duo that the state of affairs within The Magic Order on Earth is well known in Kolthur.  This is the realm of the Wizard King, and currently that king is Perditus.  Who is Perditus?

Girl, he is the Moonstones' eldest son, the one who was given to the Hordes of Kolthur when he was but a child.  Now, Perditus just wants to kill his li'l sis.  And who might that be?  If you guessed Cordelia Moonstone, I won't disabuse you of that notion.

THE LOWDOWN:  My favorite Mark Millar Netflix creation is The Magic Order.  It always surprises me, and before I read each issue I wonder not if, but how I will be surprised.  Every time I think I might creep away and choose a new Millarworld favorite to love, The Magic Order drags me back.

Several years ago, a big name writer and big name artist launched a new Doctor Strange comic book series for Marvel Comics.  And they started off with a bang, presenting some kind of other-dimensional being that was determined to wipe out all magic.  The creature seemed like something rare – a true and genuine threat to Doctor Strange and everything for which he stood.  After a few issues, I began to think of this awesome new villain as less a great adversary and more a mere obstacle.

If Doctor Strange is the “Sorcerer Supreme” of Earth, as such, he is as much a danger as he is a paladin, both because of his power and his position.  The Magic Order is what a Doctor Strange comic book could never be, and that is be honest in its depiction of people wielding what is practically unlimited magical power.  People with that much power are a danger to themselves, to others, and to existence.  It is not so much about how power corrupts, but that they believe they are right.  Thus, they will frequently make decisions that ruin or destroy the lives of others.

In The Magic Order 4, more so than in the other series, writer Mark Millar and artist Dike Ruan just throw it in our faces.  These people with great powers of both creation and destruction seemingly live to create destruction.  Even the so-called heroic elements of The Magic Order are not really good for each other, including family members.  Just what will the hero have to do in order to fix things?

In The Magic Order 4, Millar and Ruan have created riveting, thrilling serial fiction.  They have corrupted me also; I am simultaneously fearful and hungry for the destruction that will come next.  I can't wait for the shit to really hit the fan!  No one is safe, and imagination and invention are the sires of the most horrible means of death and destruction.  I promise that Perditus and The Magic Order 4 #4 will make you come back for the fifth issue.

I READS YOU RECOMMENDS:  Fans of Mark Millar and of The Magic Order will want to read The Magic Order 4.

A+

10 out of 10

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"

https://www.mrmarkmillar.com/

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https://twitter.com/netflix

https://twitter.com/themagicorder

http://www.millarworld.tv/

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