Johnson, Ariana DeBose and Alessandro Nivola star in this action thriller held back by its comic-book trappings.

Sergei Kravinoff ( Aaron Taylor-Johnson ), better known as “ Kraven the Hunter ,” does a lot of that stuff too, only he’s no “action hero.” He’s a Marvel character with a superhuman edge. Kraven made his first appearance in the comics in 1964 as an adversary of Spider-Man,

Those who read the comics will know that Kraven likes to hunt men because they, at least in theory, are nature's toughest prey. This makes him a true villain because he doesn't kill people for moral reasons;

In retrospect, 2024 could have been the year for Sony's Spider-Man Universe (an accepted moniker despite the fact that the beloved wall-crawler never actually appears in any of the films). With the Marvel Cinematic Universe releasing only one blockbuster due to the Hollywood labor battles in 2023,