Morbius, terror bursts into bites in phase 4 of Marvel

• Morbius review: disaster at first bite

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"We have to push the limits, take the risk," says Jared Leto in a key scene of

, the new bet of the alliance between Sony and Marvel to expand the Spiderverse after the success of the two installments of

and

.

The phrase is the best possible summary of this archetypal story of a mad scientist whose creation is beyond his control, but it could also have been pronounced by

president of Marvel, in his eagerness to find ways to surprise an audience in need of novelties that propel the ambitious

The problem is that the film stops halfway, because the setting has its sordid point and flirts with terror - its director,

already demonstrated his expertise in the genre with

-, but he renounces the gore and the liters of hemoglobin that is presupposed to a vampire movie.

Everything is for not hurting sensitivities, the opposite strategy to DC and its

more black and violent than any Marvel product.

It is also not very clear if Morbius is a hero, a villain, half and half or neither chicha nor lemon.

"The most interesting characters in the Marvel Universe have always been the ones that have had one foot on both sides, like

Those are the characters that really fascinate comic book viewers and readers," Espinosa defends.

And what about pushing boundaries and taking risks?

Not much, because the film repeats, but less gracefully, the scheme of

two humans controlled by creatures with identical powers spreading tow through New York.

What is definitely confirmed is that Spider-Man and his legion of enemies are the cornerstone of Marvel's current strategy, and the two post-credits scenes reinforce the road to the final battle between Spider-Man and the Sinister Six, a alliance of supervillains that begins to take shape.

already greet the next on the list, Kraven the hunter, whose film will arrive in January 2023.

Until then, Marvel's release schedule is so saturated that it will more than fulfill the insatiable bulimia of the fans, although there are certain signs of exhaustion after the lukewarmness with which the public and critics received tapes like

.

's

is already doing his thing on Disney+ and the coming months are a gargantuan feast of sequels and new origin series that will test the still fragile foundations of phase 4.

In just a month we will have

among us (premiere on May 6) at the hands of Sam Raimi, a guarantee of solvency and a personal seal, as he amply demonstrated in the first Spider-Man trilogy.

Only a month later, Ms. Marvel is presented in society (June 8 on Disney +).

Under the alibi of diversity - the protagonist is Kamala Khan, an American-Pakistani teenager of the Muslim religion - the series aspires to challenge stereotypes with nods to the comic format.

will hit theaters on July 8 ,

with Natalie Portman taking over from Chris Hermsworth as Goddess of Thunder and Christian Bale and Russel Crowe as luxury secondary characters.

And as the next link we have

(premiere on November 11), after a recently completed shoot plagued by setbacks and delays and the difficult mission of replacing the late Chadwick Boseman.

And so we will continue at least until 2028, the definitive date for the closure of this very long story arc that is phase 4,

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