Alien at the Movies

Michael Morbius (Jared Leto) suffers from a crippling rare blood disease. He spends his entire life searching for a cure for himself as well as other patients like himself. He is a brilliant scientist who collects bats as part of his research program. Always pushing the boundaries, he takes his not so legal experimentation into international waters & injects himself with a promising cure. However, immediate positive results quickly turn sour as he develops a bloodthirst & many super bat powers. From here it becomes your typical mad scientist turned super vampire without the usual vampire weaknesses. Seems like a win-win but along comes another & Morbius tries to follow his moral compass while struggling with the thirst. Tyrese Gibson & Al Madrigal play FBI agents/comic relief  hot on Morbius’ trail. It becomes a battle between good & evil without really feeling like a Marvel superhero story. The film is not bad but it’s just not great. Look for 2 mid credit clips with a sudden appearance of a past Marvel character & a possible future alliance.

Alien gives it 2½ “artificial blood” stars out of 4.