REVIEW: Moon Knight

This review contains spoilers, read at your own risk.

Moon Knight is one of my favorite Marvel Cinematic Universe projects of all time, and that’s an understatement.

The ironic thing is, I didn’t really care about this show at all. It was one of my least anticipated Phase Four Marvel Cinematic Universe projects. I wasn’t very familiar with Marc Spector or Moon Knight before this show. All I knew was that he was an Egyptian vigilante with Dissociative Identity Disorder. Needless to say, I underestimated how crazy, dark, and amazing this show was going to be.

Oscar Isaac’s performance as Steven Grant/Mr. Knight, Marc Spector/Moon Knight, and Jake Lockley was phenomenal. It’s rare when you can see one actor portray multiple characters in one show, sometimes multiple characters at once, and do it well. I have only seen it once before, with Tatiana Maslany in Orphan Black. Isaac definitely deserves an Emmy for this performance. May Calamawy’s performance as Layla El-Faouly/Scarlet Scarab and Ethan Hawke’s performance as Arthur Harrow were amazing as well. All three of their characters were very well written and I hope to see more of the former two, considering what happened to Harrow in the post-credit scene of the sixth episode.

(As I do not have Dissociative Identity Disorder nor am I a medical professional in the subject, I do not feel qualified enough to speak specifically on how the disorder was portrayed in this show.)

I did enjoy the darker tone that Marvel decided to go with on this show. I am a big fan of the darker Marvel Cinematic Universe projects, so this was certainly a treat. Mohamed Diab, Justin Benson, and Aaron Moorhead were definitely the best choices to direct, with the screenplay being spectacular from Jeremy Slater and the writing team.

One thing I would like to highlight is the score, composed by Hesham Nazih. It’s my second favorite score throughout the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe (second only to the Black Widow score by Lorne Balfe). I loved the Egyptian elements that can be heard in the score, as well as Moon Knight and Khonshu’s themes.

Overall, this is in my top three of Marvel’s Disney+ series’. I can’t wait to see the future of Moon Knight, Khonshu, and the Scarlet Scarab. 5 out of 5 stars.

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