Jared Leto plays the Michael in question and he puts his method-acting chops to good use. The inner conflict of Morbius, being a vampire but one who has a strong sense of right or wrong plays large in his characterisation. His efforts in keeping the blood lust at bay make his actions relatable.

We get to see the doc’s story from a very young age when he buddies up with Milo played as an adult by Matt Smith. They both suffer from a rare blood disease and this informs the direction in their later life. One becomes a doctor and the other an unexplained rich dude.

The actual backstory is minimal and the film jumps into action mode quite early on. This keeps things moving along at a rapid pace. It also makes it feel like this is part one of a multiple chapter work As always don’t leave the cinema early as the scenes buried in the end credits add a lot of context to what will come next.

Rob Hudson
www.facebook.com/SonyPicturesAUS/

One of the most compelling and conflicted characters in Sony Pictures Universe of Marvel Characters comes to the big screen as Oscar® winner Jared Leto transforms into the enigmatic antihero Michael Morbius.

Dangerously ill with a rare blood disorder and determined to save others suffering his same fate, Dr. Morbius attempts a desperate gamble. While at first it seems to be a radical success, a darkness inside him is unleashed. Will good override evil – or will Morbius succumb to his mysterious new urges?
www.facebook.com/SonyPicturesAUS/

To enter this great competition, just fill out the entry form below:

MORBIUS Competition

Name *

Name

Email *

Email

Address *

Address

Captcha

Competition will be drawn March 30, winners will be notified by mail.

Dangerously ill with a rare blood disorder and determined to save others suffering his same fate, Dr. Morbius attempts a desperate gamble. While at first it seems to be a radical success, a darkness inside him is unleashed.

Will good override evil – or will Morbius succumb to his mysterious new urges?

Starring Jared Leto, Matt Smith, Adria Arjona, Jared Harris, Al Madrigal, with Tyrese Gibson, Morbius will be released in Australian cinemas March 31

www.facebook.com/SonyPicturesAUS/

One of the most compelling and conflicted characters in Sony Pictures Universe of Marvel Characters comes to the big screen as Oscar® winner Jared Leto transforms into the enigmatic antihero Michael Morbius. Dangerously ill with a rare blood disorder and determined to save others suffering his same fate, Dr. Morbius attempts a desperate gamble. While at first it seems to be a radical success, a darkness inside him is unleashed. Will good override evil – or will Morbius succumb to his mysterious new urges?

Starring Jared Leto, Matt Smith, Adria Arjona, Jared Harris, Al Madrigal with Tyrese Gibson, Morbius will be released in Australian cinemas from January 27!
www.facebook.com/SonyPicturesAUS/

One of Marvel’s most compelling and conflicted characters comes to the big screen as Oscar® winner Jared Leto transforms into the enigmatic antihero Michael Morbius.

Dangerously ill with a rare blood disorder and determined to save others suffering his same fate, Dr. Morbius attempts a desperate gamble. While at first it seems to be a radical success, a darkness inside him is unleashed.

Will good override evil – or will Morbius succumb to his mysterious new urges?

Starring Jared Leto, Matt Smith, Adria Arjona, Jared Harris, Al Madrigal, with Tyrese Gibson, Morbius will be released in Australian cinemas January 20, 2022!

www.facebook.com/SonyPicturesAUS/

Meet the brilliant Dr. Michael Morbius (Jared Leto) and his powerful alter-ego, straight from the 50th anniversary of his Marvel comic debut to his first ever big screen appearance.

One of Marvel’s most compelling and conflicted characters comes to the big screen as Oscar® winner Jared Leto transforms into the enigmatic antihero Michael Morbius. Dangerously ill with a rare blood disorder and determined to save others suffering his same fate, Dr. Morbius attempts a desperate gamble. While at first it seems to be a radical success, a darkness inside him is unleashed. Will good override evil – or will Morbius succumb to his mysterious new urges?

Starring Jared Leto, Matt Smith, Adria Arjona, Jared Harris, Al Madrigal, with Tyrese Gibson, Morbius will be released in Australian cinemas January 20!

www.facebook.com/SonyPicturesAUS/

Dangerously ill with a rare blood disorder, and determined to save others suffering his same fate, Dr. Morbius attempts a desperate gamble. What at first appears to be a radical success soon reveals itself to be a remedy potentially worse than the disease.

Starring Jared Leto, Matt Smith, Adria Arjona, Jared Harris, Al Madrigal, with Tyrese Gibson, Morbius will be released 2021!
www.facebook.com/SonyPicturesAUS

Dangerously ill with a rare blood disorder, and determined to save others suffering his same fate, Dr. Morbius attempts a desperate gamble. What at first appears to be a radical success soon reveals itself to be a remedy potentially worse than the disease.

Starring Jared Leto, Matt Smith, Adria Arjona, Jared Harris, Al Madrigal, with Tyrese Gibson, Morbius wil be released in Australian cinemas July 30!
www.facebook.com/SonyPicturesAUS

Thankfully such scepticism is unfounded as Ritchie’s rebirth of The Man From U.N.C.L.E. is a solid cracker! It shows Ritchie back on key and looking like the kind of director who would be capable of pulling off something as cool and snappy as Lock Stock.

The Man From U.N.C.L.E. was conceived in the mid sixties as a kind of 007 for TV, indeed Ian Fleming himself was involved in the programme’s conception. Its likeness to Connery-era Bond is clear and Ritchie does a superlative job in recreating that. He packs his film with sass and suits and fashion and fantastic locations that typify the era; by turns beautifully photographed in noirish light and shadow and garish blinding polyester colours. The plot twists and turns through its interwoven appropriate jazz score, tinged with just a hint of suave sex and sleaze.

Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer and Alicia Vikander make a fantastic 3, unlikely allies sparring with each other through the twisty plot to out a villain threatening the welfare of the world with (of course) a nuclear bomb.

Cavill is suave as hell as American agent, Napoleon Solo, finding a more comfortable niche outside the Man of Steel. Hammer has not been this good since he came to prominence in Fincher’s The Social Network. His Illya Kuryakin’s barely restrained, iron clad pent up Soviet rage could explode at any moment and periodically does. But the most fun is Vikander’s play against type. Having made a name for herself as an uppity type in A Royal Affair, here she’s the mechanic’s daughter pretending to be posh and she’s a delight. The performances from all three stars are great; their dialogue delivery is funny, deadpan, and the comic timing is spot on.

Ritchie’s The Man From U.N.C.L.E. is the best Bond film we’ve seen in many a year.

Stuart Jamieson
www.manfromuncle.com