All Marvel Sonyverse Movies Ranked (Including Morbius)

The Marvel Sonyverse is trying very hard to be the next Marvel Cinematic Universe, but how is it going? Here are all Marvel Sonyverse movies ranked, including the latest one — Morbius.

 

Sony’s infamous Morbius film has finally been released. A film that for the longest time seemed doomed to never see the light of day. In all honesty, also a film that gathered a ton of uncertainty and even spite from fans even before it was ever seen. Nevertheless, Morbius is part of the Sonyverse, an integral one at that, that is eye-opening when it comes to what Sony intends to do with their own Marvel franchise. Before Morbius there was already Venom, now confirmed to be set in the same universe, so in this article I will be ranking the Sonyverse Marvel movies from worst to best.

Before we get going, The Spider-Man movies are NOT a part of the Sonyverse. They belong to the studio and you can consider them adjacent, but they’re 100% not set in that universe, but rather in the MCU. If anything, key events in Morbius (that I will not spoil here) reinforce that notion that has us separating those movies from the ones actually set in the Sonyverse.

So Spider-Man: Homecoming, Far From Home and No Way Home will not be a part of this list, at they are not Sonyverse movies.

Marvel Sonyverse Movies Ranked From Worst To Best

With all that out of the way, let’s get this ranking started.

3. MORBIUS

Morbius sadly proved fans right when it came to their fears and uncertainty. It’s not so much a movie, but rather a fascinating piece that showcases Sony’s meddling, backtracking and constant decision-changing mindset regarding what to do with their supposed cinematic universe and how to expand. Comes across as if no thought was put into story or characters, but rather how it could open the door to the future, to expand the universe where this and the Venom movies take place; and sadly all those ideas went nowhere, watching Morbius and its post-credits scene will make your brain hurt if you think on them for even a second. This movie becomes infuriating because more than just being a bad movie, it damages the internal logic of other movies that are connected to, even if only by belonging to the same studio.

There’s enough of a cheesy edge to reminds us of early 2000s B-movie style superhero films, if you are a fan of those, this will make you feel nostalgic. But ultimately comes across as a brain dead melodrama with horrible plotting, terrible CGI, confusing editing & worse sound mix. An all-around incoherent mess.

2. VENOM

So… Venom has its fans, and no wonder why. Despite myself not being one of them, the pure entertainment value of Tom Hardy’s unhinged energy on screen is undeniable. The charisma he emanates as this down-in-the-dumps imperfect person is utterly infectious. More to the point, Hardy pulls double duty as the voice of Venom, and verbally spars with himself throughout, creating one of the most dynamic on-screen duos in recent years — and the fact that it’s all him in nothing short of impressive.

The film also sports this bromance energy between the odd couple, to the point where fans have dubbed the film a romantic comedy.

One that sadly lives and dies with its main character and lead performance, everything else in Venom is just drab, personality or anything distinct that stands out. Sony also seems perfectly aware of the character’s relationship with Spider-Man in the comics, feeling like they’re trying hard to justify the absence of that relationship during this movie.

Venom, as a whole, is a film that feels like it’s on autopilot. It’s a movie that doesn’t feel like it tries only because Tom Hardy is trying so much.

1. Venom: Let There Be Carnage

The Venom sequel, Venom: Let There Be Carnage, is what happens when Tom Hardy’s wild on-screen wackiness is met by everyone else on the team. Andy Serkis’ direction injects some personality and energy into the storytelling, while Woody Harrelson is a perfect creepy mirror of Hardy’s unhinged duality. The film is 100% in “go mode” it does not stop; it does not waste time. It is fully committed to being cheesy, ridiculous and to make no sense whatsoever.

This is not a movie you watch for the script, it’s a movie you can easily nit-pick, from the logic of the story to the characterizations, to motives and conflicts. But the film is so not worried about that at all.

What is lacks in brains, makes up for in personality, in distinguished characteristics that actually make it quite a fun watch, be it for the ridiculous lines, whose over-the-top performance outmatches the other and even if the film can out-stupid itself as it goes along. It’s over just as soon as it begins delivering a high-octane, no BS need action extravaganza and it’s hard not to respect that in a film that fully acknowledges what it is and tries not to be anything more.

How do you rank the Marvel Sonyverse movies?

NEXT: Morbius End Credit Scenes Explained

About Morbius

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?

Morbius is in theaters now!