Journalist Eddie Brock is trying to take down Carlton Drake, the
notorious and brilliant founder of the Life Foundation. While investigating one
of Drake's experiments, Eddie's body merges with the alien Venom -- leaving him
with superhuman strength and power. Twisted, dark and fueled by rage, Venom
tries to control the new and dangerous abilities that Eddie finds so
intoxicating.
Director: Ruben Fleischer
Cast: Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams, Riz Ahmed, Jenny Slate, Scott Haze,
Reid Scott
Release Date: October 5, 2018
Genres: Action , Horror , Sci-Fi
Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action, and for
language
Runtime: 1h 36 min
Review:
Venom is a strange silly film that is saved by Tom Hardy’s
commitment. Ruben Fleisher’s movie is
loud, tonally erratic and occasionally enjoyable. When it works it works mostly due to Hardy
who’s having a blast in the film. He’s
so incredibly watchable that it almost makes you forget the movie and its
overall plot is so basic and tired. Riz
Ahmed and Michelle Williams on the other hand seem to be collecting
paychecks. Neither seems to be terribly
excited about their characters probably because their so simplistic and one
dimensional. Fleishcher seems to be
channeling 90’s movies for some reason.
Some of the action sequences, like a motorcycle/car chase, feel like
they’ve been pulled right out of Michael Bay’s The Rock. Hardy, to his credit, keeps it from being an
outright disaster and if there’s a sequel hopefully it gives him a better
overall film.
C+
