Moon Knight – Miniseries Review

One thing is for sure when it comes to Marvel Studios’ Moon Knight – it is easily one of the most ambitious projects to ever grace the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). Virtually nothing about this show is reminiscent of the MCU we have come to know ever since 2008, and that’s definitely something to admire. We live in a world where, whenever a new superhero-related show or movie comes out, we kind of already know what to expect from it way before it ever hits the small or big screen.

Simply put, comic book movies/shows have a certain recipe or formula that makes them appeal to the masses. The DCEU has tried to perfect this formula, while the MCU has already perfected it ages ago. And yet along comes Moon Knight, a brand new show set inside the MCU’s Phase Four, and introduces an interesting new character that we come to learn more about throughout the course of six episodes. Or rather… two – Marc Spector and Steven Grant.

Both have extremely fascinating backstories, and they’re both played by Oscar Isaac in easily one of the best roles in his career to date. He embodies these two men so incredibly well, and it’s genuinely remarkable to see how effortlessly he switches between the two at any given moment because their personalities are both wildly different from the other. Sadly, there are tons of instances in which the duality between Spector and Grant is beyond confusing.

The show’s screenwriters mostly did an excellent job penning the scripts to this show in a wildly unconventional manner, but along the way, they also made one heck of a confusing story that you’ll need ages to put together the pieces. By the time I actually ended up finishing Moon Knight, I still had what felt like a million questions racing through my mind, but it’s not because the show leaves breadcrumbs along the way – it’s just a confusing show for the sake of being confusing.

That’s not to say the entire show is confusing, thankfully. Mostly, I had a blast watching these episodes. The direction is fabulous and the atmosphere in particular are wonderful. This is the first time the MCU has gotten a little bit creepy. The cinematography and lighting on display give off horror movie vibes crossed with 1999’s The Mummy – so, in other words, it’s visually dazzling in every sense of the word.

I also just really liked getting to explore the mysteries of various Egyptian gods in this show. If you were to have told me even just a few years ago that the MCU would make a television show centered around that topic, I genuinely wouldn’t believe you, but alas, here we are. Could Moon Knight have been better? Yes, absolutely. But even with its oftentimes confusing narrative, it still makes for a highly impressive miniseries brought to life wonderfully by Jeremy Slater.