Film Review: Jared Leto cuts a brooding, troubled figure in Morbius

"...there is very little by way of self-effacing humour: the subject matter is treated solemnly and even reverently..."

Morbius Declan Burke Caroline Delaney

★★★☆☆

From his humble beginnings as a minor Spider-Man villain, Morbius (15A) developed into one of Marvel’s more complex anti-heroes, and one with a sharply defined dual nature. Suffering from a rare blood disease, Dr Michael Morbius (Jared Leto) vows to find a cure for the condition that could kill himself and his best friend Milo (Matt Smith) at any time, but when his researches lead him to splice the DNA of humans and vampire bats, Morbius becomes the proverbial bat out of hell.