Disney Plus’ Moon Knight, is the latest venture into the MCU, it sits comfortably between The Falcon and the Winter Soldier's cool street-level thrills and Loki's reality-shattering shifts. The new series is created and written by Jeremy Slater with Mohamed Diab directing. The show unfolds a pulp adventure mashup with overtones of The Mummy and Indiana Jones, as a superhero tale aiming to face its unstable protagonist within the battlegrounds of Egyptian mythology. Moon Knight's voyage across the dangerous tightrope between heroics and mental illness triumphs in large part thanks to Oscar Isaac's passionated, mind-blowing performance. However, the outcome of this caped crusader might be too disappointing for some.
The character appeared in comics as a mercenary hired by the Committee to catch the title character in Werewolf by Night #32 in August 1975, written by Doug Moench with art by Don Perlin and Al Milgrom. Moon Knight was given moon-related symbols and silver weapons by the creative team to establish him as a worthy opponent for the werewolf hero. In issue #33, Moon Knight discovers the werewolf, Jack Russell is a victim, not a monster, and decides to assist him. Moon Knight then appears in Werewolf by Night #37 as a demonic apparition in March 1976.
Moon Knight stars Oscar Isaac as Steven Grant, a strange "British" man who works in a London Museum's gift shop. He ties himself into his bed every night because he suffers from a severe case of "sleepwalking," or so he tells people who don't seem to like him. He's having trouble with blackouts and finds himself in areas where he has no idea how he got there and with individuals, he hasn't met before. Next, he meet Arthur Harrow played by Ethan Hawke, a cult leader on the lookout for a magical scarab that Steven possesses. Steven is in over his head and has to escape Harrow and get back home. Steven then hears the voice of Marc Spector, pleading for him to regain control of his body.
The performances are Moon Knight's greatest strength. Oscar does an outstanding job in both roles. Physically and mentally, the two personalities are polar opposites. Oscar switches between Steven's and Marc's facial expressions smoothly. You immediately recognize him as the character he is portraying. Steven's puppy eyes are peering into a reflection of the fearsome Marc in an instant. It's as though two distinct actors are portraying two different characters.The rest of the cast does just fine in the roles. Ethan Hawke does do good with the generic written villain he portrays.
The performances are so solid that they more than compensate for the series' shallow and muddled plot. It's a large order to condense 50 years of obscure, complex comic book history into six episodes of television, and it's one that the show continually fails to meet. Marc's explanation of his superhero duty, Khonshu's words of warning, and Arthur Harrow's biographical sermons are all loaded with masterfully and not-so-masterfully disguised narrative dumps. Moon Knight is a crash course in everything Marc Spector has ever done. You'll be hard-pressed to identify Moon Knight's true powers if you're unfamiliar with the character's extensive comic book background, and you'll be more than a little confused when Steven's ego, Mr. Knight, appears without fanfare.
While one can appreciate the series' attempt to deviate from the normal Marvel format and do things differently, it feels it would have been beneficial to have a little more standard setup and explanation. Directors Mohamed Diab shines brightest when embracing Moon Knight's inherent weirdness - a cupcake truck chase and a nerve-wracking, mind-bending of the night sky sequence are a couple of highlights - but his expertise in the superhero genre is poor at best: the promise of a more darker, grittier, and brutal brand of MCU action largely goes unfulfilled with its wonky CGI and strangely uninspiring choreography.
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