After having released films on the positive superheroes of its universe, then films on the union of these characters with extraordinary powers, Marvel is now promoting ambivalent anti-heroes. This is the case of “Morbius”, released in theaters this week in France. A film about a secondary character, a “villain” straight out of the Spiderman universe.
Morbius is one of the brilliant but slightly mad scientists who are testing a miracle cure on themselves. In this case, this doctor suffering from an extremely rare blood disease thinks he can cure himself by injecting himself with synthetic hemoglobin resulting from a hybridization with bat cells.
The result will exceed all his expectations. Totally transformed physically and endowed with phenomenal power, Morbius also discovers to his horror that he is endowed with an unquenchable vampiric appetite.
A follower of transformation roles, Jared Leto imposes himself in this double-faceted role of a man who appears sickly puny, emaciated, then metamorphoses into an overpowered vampire.
“Morbius” is also served by sumptuous special effects, succeeding in transcribing the vision of the world of an augmented man, who finds himself with an integrated sonar and geolocates those he is looking for thanks to the sounds.
Finally, this blockbuster plays with the imagination and reminiscences of vampire films and the moral questions of a tragic anti-hero who seeks to tame his murderous impulses.