Comic book and superhero movies have a reputation for being lengthy. Just earlier this year, we saw Zack Snyder's Justice League get a runtime of 4 hours and 2 minutes. Although this is an extreme example, most comic book movies do stretch well past the 2-hour mark, but, it appears that Sony intends to keep its spin-offs rather short after the official reveal of Morbius' runtime.
Can Morbius tell an effective story with its runtime?
Marvel Studios' films almost always tell an effective story. A huge reason for this is runtime. Only a handful of MCU films clock in at under two hours. Furthermore, all of them are at least one hour and 50 minutes long. However, Sony's spin-offs tend to buck this decades-long trend. The first film in Sony's cinematic universe, 2018's Venom, was one hour and 52 minutes. But, the film's sequel, Let There Be Carnage, was remarkably short (and fast-paced) at just one hour and 37 minutes.
Even though Morbius' official runtime isn't quite as short as Let There Be Carnage, it's still relatively short.