Kraven the Hunter embodies the fatal flaw of Sony’s Spider-Man Universe

After seeing Kraven the Hunter in theaters in December 2024, I couldn’t stop thinking about one detail of the movie. Kraven’s arrival on Netflix this week — its debut for the streaming audience — brought it back to the forefront of my mind. Kraven was a huge box-office flop, scoring around $60 million worldwide on a $110 million production budget, but it’s the kind of flop that sparks morbid curiosity. This weekend, many, many Netflix subscribers will pop th...