This is an interesting comic book mini-series that I was intrigued to check out. Moon Knight is a character I'm not familiar with outside of using them while playing video games. My brother-in-law, Pete, asked if I had watched this. At that time, I hadn't. I was intrigued knowing that Aaron Benson and Justin Moorhead directed a couple of episodes here.

We are following at first Steven Grant (Oscar Isaac). He works at a museum and is struggling because he keeps blacking out, losing stretches of time. It appears that during one of these, he asks out a girl he likes. He doesn't remember though. He also doesn't show up when he was supposed to though.

There is another side to him though. Marc Spector (Isaac) also seems to be in the same body. This show is flirting with him having multiple personalities. What I like is that this gets explained by the end. Marc is a mercenary who has killed for money. He might also can change into Moon Knight. He has this ability from an Egyptian deity, Khonshu (F. Murray Abraham). Moon Knight kills for Khonshu. They go after evil doers.

The issue here is that Arthur Harrow (Ethan Hawke) is trying to free a different deity. He has a staff from this other god and uses it to judge the souls of people. The problem is that it punishes people for things they haven't done yet. It can punish you for what you have in your heart and might do. Marc and Steven need to come to terms with each other as well as Marc's wife, Layla El-Faouly (May Calamawy). They also have to stop Arthur before it is too late.

Now I'll be honest, I had issues getting into his show. It is a shame as it ticks boxes for me. First, we have mythology. I was a big fan of all things Egyptian growing up, so this should be a hit for me. I actually wish that when I was growing up I would have gotten into this character as that may of helped. I did end up settling in here and was intrigued to see where it would go. We also have a complicated lead with Marc and Steven. He has multiple personalities disorder from childhood trauma. The ending also throws another wrinkle there. Another aspect is that this super hero kills his enemies, which we don't see often.

Something else that I haven't gone into is that there are horror movie elements here. I wouldn't put this into that genre. I wouldn't even put it in the adjunct category. There are dark elements nonetheless. This could be the look of Khonshu. Or the exploring the mental state of Marc/Steven. They go to the Egyptian underworld. We get that typical Marvel idea that if they don't succeed, then the world could end. I did like this bit darker vision.

This is also well-made. Now I know that I struggled to settle in, but that is more with the story. It is jarring. Once I figured things out, I was there. The cinematography is good. There is CGI here, but I come to expect that. It looks good, especially with the different gods we see. The soundtrack also works. There is a great cast to go with it. Isaac, Hawke, Calamawy and Abraham are all bright spots. The rest of the cast works. I can't recommend this though unless you're into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. If not that, this is just too long and could be condensed into a movie.

My Rating: 6.5 out of 10.