Moon Knight, the latest series joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Phase 4 line-up, is arriving in a matter of days. The show casts Oscar Isaac, Ethan Hawke, May Calamway and more in a brand new adventure. Ever since the show was announced, it was described as the wildest entrant with the studio taking some big swings. And judging from some of the early reactions, it looks like they weren’t lying about how different the show is from anything we’ve seen from Marvel before. Critics caught early screeners of Moon Knight which comprises 4 episodes and their reactions are out on social media.
Moon Knight sees Oscar Isaac take on the comic book character as Steven Grant, a gift shop employee with dissociative identity disorder. As the lines between his dreams and reality begin to blur he embarks on a journey involving Egyptian Gods and dire consequences.
Many are calling the show an exciting new direction as it doesn’t seem to have any links to the existing MCU
Here’s what critics are saying about Moon Knight:
The first four episodes of #MoonKnight are a hoot It’s easily one of the most pulpy, tightly-wound things the MCU has put out yet, in a way that’s bizarre and incredibly entertaining to watch I already can’t wait to revisit these episodes week to week pictwittercom/efUKkr6PqT
— Jenna Anderson (@heyitsjennalynn) March 19, 2022
I’ve watched 4 episodes of #MoonKnight & I’m absolutely LOVING this show I love the Egyptian mythology
I love the RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK vibes I love the versatility of Oscar Isaac’s performance All episodes rock, but Ep 4 nosedives down the rabbit hole in all the best ways pictwitter
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— Erik Davis (@ErikDavis) March 18, 2022
#MoonKnight is really good Episodes 1 & 4 are my favorites
Oscar Isaac is great as Steven & Marc
Costumes look fantastic
It’s definitely Marvel’s darkest and scariest The mysteries kept me really engaged and it plays a lot like a movie! Can’t wait to see 5 & 6
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— BD (@BrandonDavisBD) March 17, 2022
The first episode of #MoonKnight is everything I want in this show It’s everything we love about what the MCU can do, but goes way beyond it and positions it as one of the most unique shows/properties that we’ve seen
Isaac is great and Konshu is FANTASTIC pic
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— James Viscardi (@JimViscardi) March 17, 2022
The first four episodes of #MoonKnight are a mesmeric and psychedelic action adventure with series leads Oscar Isaac and May Calamawy The direction from Mohamed Diab is splendid, and, in my view, a thrilling reclamation of Egyptian culture from Orientalist storytelling
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— Swara Ahmed (@spiderswarz) March 19, 2022
#MoonKnight is a brilliantly bonkers dark globe-trotting adventure; this is Marvel’s trippy National Treasure Oscar Isaac is the best addition to the MCU since RDJ, entwining torment and humour into a morally ambiguous cypher – Marc Spector is a whole new calibre of hero pictwitter
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— Sab Astley (@sab_astley) March 14, 2022
Looks like Marvel has landed yet another hit after some great genre additions to MCU with WandaVision, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Loki and Hawkeye Moon Knight’s official synopsis reads – The series follows Steven Grant, a mild-mannered gift-shop employee, who becomes plagued with blackouts and memories of another life
Steven discovers he has dissociative identity disorder and shares a body with mercenary Marc Spector As Steven/Marc’s enemies converge upon them, they must navigate their complex identities while thrust into a deadly mystery among the powerful gods of Egypt
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Moon Knight is all set to arrive on Disney+ Hotstar on March 30, 2022
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