(CNN) As Marvel movies go, "Morbius" is more a sip than a gulp, a relatively small-boned Jekyll-and-Hyde tale that moves another Spider-Man villain into the spotlight. Significantly better than "Venom" but still somewhat lacking in bite, this origin story perhaps inevitably grows more pallid toward the end but until then proves just tasty enough to merit the giving it a shot. Working with another scientist, Martine (Adria Arjona), Morbius has concocted a serum that draws upon the blood of vampire bats. But while the human trial gives him extraordinary strength and vitality, it also creates an unquenchable thirst for blood, one that his artificial creation only goes so far in satisfying. "It's a curse," Morbius says soberly, but it doesn't look that way to his childhood friend Milo ("The Crown's" Matt Smith), who suffers from the same affliction and covets the serum, side effects be damned.

Source: CNN April 02, 2022 22:18 UTC