Venom Review

Venom isn’t horrible. It mixes sci-fi, drama and comedy, and some of it works. But if you know the comic-book background, you won’t be happy, because the movie takes a lot of liberties with the character. It was disheartening to watch Venom become more of a hero movie when it was billed as a villain movie.

Think about it: what’s the real difference between this and Deadpool? Not much. They’re both anti-heroes, and that’s not what Venom is. For a Venom movie, he does very few bad things and a lot of good ones. It takes him about two seconds to change his tune from wanting to destroy the Earth to protecting it.

The action is good, and I loved it. The CGI on Venom still looks off, especially around the eyes, like they barely cleaned it up from the trailer. Speaking of the trailers, they gave away too much of the movie. I had super high expectations, and that might have been my downfall.

Where the movie shines is Venom and Eddie’s back-and-forth. It’s hilarious, and Tom Hardy voicing both sides of the conversation is a lot of fun. Leaving Spider-Man out was the right call, since this story doesn’t need him. The Carnage tease at the end is fun fan service, even if it doesn’t connect to much yet.

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Venom (2018) Cast and Details

Venom (2018) is directed by Ruben Fleischer and stars Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams, Riz Ahmed, Scott Haze and Reid Scott. It runs 112 minutes and is rated PG-13. You can look up the full cast and crew on IMDb. You might also like my A.X.L. review.