Review of Venom (2018) by James C — 04 Oct 2018
Went to see this with some mates and we all agreed that it was a blast. Tom Hardy is fantastic and perfectly balances the "Dr Jekyl and Mr Hyde" of the character. Venom's portrayal (also Hardy) was also great and true to the source material: a joking, wisecracking, ass-beating monster! Although Riz Ahmed's villain was weaker than he could have been, he still gave a great performance with believable motivations.
The CGI in some places was a little over the top, particularly in the final showdown, but on the whole looked pretty neat! It's amazing how a character so tied into the Spider-Man universe can work so well without any reference to Spider-Man! Venom really can carry his own film, and as someone who's not that into comic books, I would say this is a great entrance point into the genre.
I will definitely be returning for the sequel to see Carnage in action!
This review of Venom (2018) was written by James C on 04 Oct 2018.
Venom has generally received positive reviews.
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