Movie Review: 'Madame Web' Hits a New Low for Superhero Debacles
"Madame Web," in theaters Wednesday, is bad in ways even debacles like "Catwoman" and "Batman & Robin" never broached.
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"Madame Web," in theaters Wednesday, is bad in ways even debacles like "Catwoman" and "Batman & Robin" never broached.
Sony PicturesSony’s animated Spider-Verse films have been amazing, which is more than can be said about the studio’s stabs at creating their own MCU-adjacent live-action movie series centered around Spider-Man. That process got off to a goofy start with Venom and its sequel before running aground with 2022’s Morbius, and it now fully crashes and burns with Madame Web, a torturous saga that haplessly spins about in circles trying to fashion a competent tone or coherent action sequence. No matter
"Madame Web," in theaters Wednesday, falls further than the likes of "Catwoman" or "Batman & Robin" in its inept storytelling.
Madame Web is not the unmitigated disaster that its clunky trailer or its calendar spot in February would suggest.
Madame Web embodies the pitfalls of a mainstream cinema that isn’t driven by story and character but by studio mandates and franchise considerations.