Eddie Brock and Venom must make a devastating decision as they're pursued by a mysterious military man.
Director: Kelly Marcel
Cast: Tom Hardy, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Juno Temple, Rhys Ifans, Peggy Lu, Alanna Ubach, Stephen Graham
Release Date: October 24, 2024
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, bloody images and strong language.
Runtime: 1h 50m
Review:
Venom: The Last Dance ends the Tom Hardy bromance trilogy on a stilted, occasionally goofy but ultimately underwhelming note. Tom Hardy clearly enjoys making these films as he gets to banter back and forth between himself as both characters but the film's have rarely matched his commitment and focus. This entry has a strange herky-jerky feel to it as it struggles to find any sort of consistent tone which is made even harder with a lazy script. Kelly Marcel does her best to make the whole thing watchable with some Looney Toon inspired action sequences that are bits of contained madness which bring some life to film before it dips back down into the uninspired drudgery that makes up the plot. Tom Hardy does his best to carry the film but the comedy here rarely lands the way it should which makes the film's hour and fifty minutes feel longer than it should. Chiwetel Ejiofor and Juno Temple slum it here in underwritten supporting roles but try their best to make something out of the paper thin characterizations on the page. Ejiofor is an immensely talented actor which makes it hard to watch him slog through the incredibly generic dialogue as a foil to Temple's overly naive, wide eyed scientist. Rhys Ifans pops up in small but fun supporting role but he's in a similar battle against the script. There's very little that happens that comes as surprise until it leads to the predictable final battle. That CGI heavy battle provides plenty of symbiote action vs generic alien creatures which look like unused Men In Black character designs. The whole thing ends with an odd TV finale style montage that seems to hammer home the point that this is the end of the trilogy which aims to inspire an emotional response more meaningful than a general shrug.
D
