Review of Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021) by Mrpajamas — 16 Oct 2021

I guess I'd start with how quickly the movie went by. It's only an hour and a half long, with a hell of a fast pace, and I got the feeling in the final scene that the film was short. I'm serious about the fast pace.

The whole movie is just action after action after action that doesn't really stop. On the plus side, it's good that I wasn't bored for a second because the movie kept overwhelming me with a ton of action scenes, which were of course excellent.

Carnage comes on the scene and the moments with him were awesome. Of course the film is mostly about Venom, who is over the top here. On the one hand, we get a good dose of Venom, but personally I would have preferred if maybe he wasn't here so much.

How can I put this. The pacing is so fast that the film lacks room for any story in the finale in my opinion. It could have done with more dialogue here and there in my opinion, and it just wouldn't have hurt to slow down in places and absorb all the adrenaline the film has to offer.

On top of that, when we do get some room for plot, it's mostly comedic scenes, which will probably suit a lot of people, but personally I would have preferred a more serious approach. To sum up. The new Venom isn't a bad movie.

I enjoyed it. The dose of proper CGI action was fun, but it was just too much in my opinion. So it's both a cool thing, because there's always something going on, and actually the biggest minus of the film, because you just don't stop and there's always some action, and there's also some comedic dialogue at times, which, while entertaining, in my opinion, unnecessarily brings down the seriousness of the plot.

This is my opinion. Like I said the film is not bad and I certainly can't say I didn't enjoy it, but for me it is an above average film that I would rather not recommend. Perhaps only to fans of Venom.