After finding a host body in investigative reporter Eddie Brock, the alien symbiote must face a new enemy, Carnage, the alter ego of serial killer Cletus Kasady.
andyajoflaherty - 8 January 2023 More of the same... The first Venom was hugely flawed but still somewhat entertaining, and I was hoping the sequel would iron out the kinks and step everything up. Unfortunately, what we have here is very much more of the same - sloppy storytelling, disjointed pacing and phoned in performances. Harrelson seems like the perfect Kasady/Carnage casting choice on paper, but he just doesn't fit right in the role somehow. The plot is boring and utterly predictable (hero loses his powers only to have his love interest kidnapped so has to get them back to save her... am I talking about Spider-Man 2 or Venom 2? Answer: both), the film just doesn't do Carnage justice at all, and the CGI effects seem worse here than in the first film. Hardy still does well with his Brock/Venom relationship that has more spats than a troubled marriage, Michelle Williams who plays Anne is much better here than in the first film, and Naomie Harris was actually pretty great as Shriek. Overall it's not terrible, but it should have been a lot better. Maybe third time will be the charm?
Sleepin_Dragon - 27 November 2022 Lions do not eat salad. Eddie interviews killer Cletus Kasady just before his execution, but an accident leads to carnage.
I quite enjoyed the first one, so my expectations, though not enormous, were pretty high, sadly for me, they weren't met. The first film did at least have a plot, a storyline, that was sadly lacking here, it was just ninety minutes of noise, action, and stuff happening, sadly nothing about it was cohesive, it all felt a bit messy.
There were a few amusing moments, the breakfast scene was funny, it looked great and was fun, the look on Eddie's face was quite something. Maybe the balance of silliness outweighed the drama and excitement side of things. Lots of action, lots of noise, not much else. The trailer made it look as though it was action galore, it's not quite the case.
The visuals were terrific, perhaps even better than in the first, great special effects throughout.
Tom Hardy, along with many people, I am a huge fan, and not just of the visuals, he was very good here, I'm just not sure the film was quite at the level he needed it to be at.