Kraven Kravinoff's complex relationship with his ruthless gangster father, Nikolai, starts him down a path of vengeance with brutal consequences, motivating him to become not only the greatest hunter in the world, but also one of its most feared. Kraven the Hunter is a 2024 American superhero film featuring the Marvel Comics character of the same name. The film explores Kraven's relationship with his father. Kraven the Hunter is the action-packed, R-rated, standalone story of how one of Marvel's most iconic villains came to be.