Tahar Rahim is from France and is using some sort of indescribable accent in this movie. But he speaks perfect English and has sounded absolutely fine in previous English-speaking productions like The Looming Tower.

Why is Ezekiel barefoot in Madame Web?

And in Madame Web, it's everything around the bad guy being barefoot. Comic book devotees know the depiction of Ezekiel Sims in a dapper suit paired with no socks; no shoes is true to the source material. You see, his ability to scale walls like a spider is dependent on bare feet.

Did they dub Madame Web?

The Production Value

Not only was their CGI appalling, but Madame Web's audio mixing was exceptionally mishandled. A character in the movie had many lines that were dubbed in post that did not sync with his mouth to any degree.

Will there be a Madame Web 2?

The ending clearly hoped to set up a franchise starring Dakota Johnson, Sydney Sweeney, Isabela Merced, Celeste O'Connor as a crime-fighting team. But unfortunately, Madame Web flopped in theaters, and there's very little chance that there will be a sequel.

Is Madame Web hit or flop?

Madame Web may have flopped during its run in cinemas, but the superhero film has seemingly found an audience following its streaming release. The Spider-Man spin-off follows Cassie Webb (Dakota Johnson), a paramedic who develops abilities as a clairvoyant after suffering an accident.

Why does the dialogue in Madame Web sound so weird?

Is Madame Web a good guy or bad guy?

As in the comics, she's a heroine and not a villain, which is something new for Sony's live-action Spider-Man spinoffs.

Is Ezekiel Sims a villain?

Madame Web never truly fleshed out the morally ambiguous aspects of Ezekiel Sims, a villain who not only went head-to-head against Spider-Man, but also proved to be an unlikely ally and mentor to him.

Is Madame Web connected to the MCU?

Madame Web Is Not Part Of The MCU

This has resulted in a film not connected to the Avengers or the MCU. Through post-credit turmoil in Venom: Let There Be Carnage, it could be argued that Sony's universe is now part of the MCU multiverse. Then, arguably, Morbius and even Kraven the Hunter may be part of the MCU.

What are Ezekiel's powers in Madame Web?

The spider's bite has given Ezekiel some of Spider-Man's core powers: He can't spin webs, but he can crawl along walls or ceilings, and he's durable enough to get up and shake off two different instances of being mowed down by speeding vehicles, with no sign that he took any lasting injury.

Did they dub over Ezekiel in Madame Web?

So this isn't a situation where the actor was speaking one language, and then an English-speaking actor came in and dubbed dialogue over the, say, Spanish dialogue or anything. Those lines you hear in the movie are Tahar Rahim voicing them. That includes Ezekiel when he's in his “I'm a barefoot businessman” suit.

How did Ezekiel get his powers?

Ezekiel apparently underwent some form of ritual which granted him the powers of a Spider-Totem. Upon being granted these powers, similar to Spider-Man's powers, he set about amassing a fortune. He soon learnt that, being totemic in nature, he would be beset by those of orders higher up the totemic hierarchy.

Who was the bad guy in Madame Web?

The first trailer for Madame Web introduced its villain as Ezekiel Sims. Clad in a dark version of the classic Spider-Man costume, he cut an imposing figure. He was also radically different from the Ezekiel Sims of the original Marvel comics.

Why is Madame Web in a wheelchair?

Madame Web was a victim of myasthenia gravis, a disorder of neuromuscular junction transmission. As a result, she became entirely dependent on external life support for survival. This is no longer the case as she was cured of the condition some time ago. She is also blind and relies on her powers to compensate.

Who is the baby at the end of Madame Web?

We also meet his sister, Mary Parker (Emma Roberts), who is pregnant. The child she is expecting is Peter Parker, who will eventually become Spider-Man, and the baby is born at the end of the movie. He's never explicitly named, but it's pretty obvious that this is Peter Parker.

How did Madame Web get powers?

Cassandra "Cassie" Webb is a paraplegic blind woman, and former New York City Fire Department paramedic. After a near-death experience triggered her clairvoyant powers, Webb was forced to use her new abilities to protect Julia Cornwall, Mattie Franklin and Anya Corazón from Ezekiel Sims.

Where is Spider-Man in Madame Web?

The Madame Web film has no real ties to any other universe, including the one where Venom, Venom: Let There Be Carnage and Morbius take place. Likewise, any connection to Tom Holland's Marvel Cinematic Universe Spider-Man or Andrew Garfield's Spider-Man were supposedly removed from the movie.

Why is Ezekiel Sims bad in Madame Web?

Much like the Madame Web of the comics, the older Spider-Man helped Peter face Morlun and other mystic enemies. However, Ezekiel had a hidden agenda. Ezekiel was ultimately revealed to have stolen his powers. He saved Peter only to bond with him, so that Spider-Man would be punished instead of him.

Who is the baddie in Madame Web?

Tahar Rahim plays Ezekiel Sims, the villain in Madame Web. He has the power of premonition and wants to stop a group of young women from acquiring their Spider-Women powers.

Who killed Ezekiel in the comics?

In the original comic series, Ezekiel was killed and beheaded by Alpha and the Whisperers, along with several other characters from the series, with their heads placed on a series of pikes to serve as a ghastly territorial boundary -- and warning -- established by the Whisperers.

Why is Madame Web rating so low?

It's a superhero movie with little to no superhero action and a painfully long set up for an underwhelming final act. The characters are so underdeveloped that there is no emotional connection or investment in any of them. Everything about the story and writing just feels lazy, vacuous and corny.

Who is the killer in Madame Web?

Madame Web ending recap

It's also revealed that she was fatally betrayed by her Amazon guide, the movie's villain, Ezekiel Sims (Tahar Rahim).

Who is the ceiling guy in Madame Web?

Ezekiel Sims was an enigmatic man that obliged himself to kill Julia Cornwall, Mattie Franklin and Anya Corazón to ensure an alternate future using his precognitive senses, leading to a confrontation with Madame Web.