Review of Venom (2018) by Sam N — 07 Oct 2018
The Good:
- Tom Hardy gives a solid performance.
- The back-and-forth between Eddie Brock and Venom is very entertaining. Venom's humor is a little childish at times, but I chuckled quite a bit.
- If you turn your brain completely off before it starts, you will be entertained.
The Bad:
- This is a messy CGI fest of a film. It looks entirely fake at times, and the action scenes were a huge let down.
- Riot may be one of the weakest villains I've seen in a comic book film in a long time. Riz Ahmed is a great actor, but this wasn't the role for him. The final fight of the film was a bit of a joke.
- This script is far from great. The dialogue is weak and the story is all over the place.
- The PG-13 rating significantly hurt this film's potential as far as violence goes, because for a Venom film there was a severe lack of violence.
- I laughed several times at moments that were clearly meant to be taken seriously.
- I commend Sony for trying out a different kind of spin-off film focusing on a character other than Spider-Man, but this was a huge swing and a miss.
This review of Venom (2018) was written by Sam N on 07 Oct 2018.
Venom has generally received positive reviews.
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