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User Reviews for: Venom: Let There Be Carnage

mattdeezly1996
CONTAINS SPOILERS2/10  2 years ago
The First Movie was FUN but BAD. I could see past it's glaring flaws and still have fun, butt this Movie is just bad and Incompetent in every way.

The pacing is, to put it mildly, schizophrenic. There is no flow to this movie.
The story is nonsensical. The dialog makes no sense, the characters make no sense.
The action is muddy and hidden in darkness much like the first movie, so you can hardly tell what's going on.
Its just EXPLOSION EXPLOSION with no real feeling of consequence or tension. I can't tell what's going on half of the time.
This movie is PG-13 but in the lightest sense. To the point where It tries EXTREMELY hard, in multiple points, to be comedic and it just comes off as try hard and tone deaf. The movie is not edgy in the slightest sense and is often light hearted and goofy.

Overall, this movie was an extremely weird experience and I walked out more confused at so many of the choices made creatively in this movie then I did with post movie hype.

I'm not the type to be so elitist that I cannot enjoy a bad movie. I tend to love many comic book movies when many hate.... but this movie & so many aspects of it were just so weird and obtuse it leaves me confused what they were going for, or who this film is even for.

I am hopeful with the post credits scene [spoiler] indicating that they're making a shift into the mainline MCU, that this character might be handled much better under the strict supervision of Kevin Fergie & Marvel. Giving him the treatment he truly deserves. [/spoiler]
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Cal
/10  2 years ago
Let There be Carnage!

It is a not bad movie to watch. The story regarding the birth of Carnage is different than the comic but works in the time they used to show this story. The movie does not give a ton of back story on the dual villains in the story but they show the love they have for one another.

The movie is short and very fast pace. It also has plenty of comedy between the hosts and the symbiotes.

Overall the movie sets up for a Venom 3 and an inclusion of Venom into the MCU. If the relationship between Sony & Marvel can continue to be good fans of the franchise will have a bright future ahead.
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garethmb
/10  3 years ago
When audiences last saw Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy); the journalist and his parasitic symbiote Venom; had just saved the day and cemented their unusual bond with one another.

In the new film “Venom: Let There Be Carnage”; Eddie and Venom are at the end of their Honeymoon phase as Venom is lingering to be free to eat bad people and do what is natural for him. Eddie meanwhile wants a more conservative approach feeding Venom chicken and chocolate as he knows the eyes of the authorities are still upon him and he has to convince the world that Venom is dead and no longer a threat.

At the same time; serial killer Cletus Kasady (Woody Harrelson) has selected Eddie to interview him in San Quentin and the two form an unusual connection as Cletus cryptically speaks to Eddie which underlines a deeper motivation.

With the help of Venom; Eddie is able to decipher clues found on the walls of Cletus’s cell which leads authorities to several of his victims. This results in a rapid rise in status for Eddie and fast tracks Cletus for execution as his main means of leverage is now gone.

This leads to a rift where Eddie and Venom split and each has to struggle to adjust to life without one another.

At this point, the film has mainly been odd bits of whimsy between Venom and Eddie around the establishment of the plot and threat. However, things go into chaos mode when Cletus becomes infected with a Symbiote and turns into a destruction spewing death machine known as “Carnage”.

Cletus and Carnage both have their own agendas and Cletus uses Carnage to exact his revenge as well as locate a figure from his past that is as big a danger as he is.

As any fan of films of this genre knows; this scenario leads to a showdown between the central characters which are awash in abundant CGI, loud noises, and destruction. While this is not a bad thing and certainly one of the main reasons I enjoy films of this type; the film never seemed to fully click for me and as such was not as good as I thought it could have been.

In many ways, the film reminded me of how comic-based films were done before Marvel started their own studios and their phenomenal run of hits based on their work.

There have been multiple attempts to adapt comics into films over the last few decades and many of them have not lived up to expectations or failed outright. One of the biggest reasons is in my opinion is that those behind the projects were hindered by the studio, wanted to put their own spin on the material and strayed from the source; or failed to show the attributes that made the characters so appealing to fans.

What we often get is action sequences and CGI galore but without stories or characters that fully draw in the audience and fail to capture the essence of the comics.

Director Andy Serkis has done a great job with the visuals of the film but the tone seems off. The early part of the film is filled with comedic moments that are either hit or miss. Some of which was almost to the point where I wondered if it was supposed to be a parody.

The plot is fairly linear with nothing unexpected as it is simply bad guys get loose; bad guys cause death and destruction, can the heroes stop them. The climactic scene lacks any “wow” moments for me as it was mainly CGI characters rapidly moving around causing damage to one another and their environment. There was no real tension for me and the ultimate resolution seemed a bit anti-climactic.

For me the best moment of the film was a mid-credits scene that really popped as it sets up all sorts of interesting options and indicates that Venom may be about to graduate to bigger and better things.

For now; the cast is solid as is the CGI; I just wish the story was more engaging as it had the potential to be so much more.

3 stars out of 5
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r96sk
/10  2 years ago
I didn't get as much entertainment from this as I did with its predecessor. Still narrowly good enough, though.

'Venom: Let There Be Carnage' - great title, fwiw - does retain the fun performance from Tom Hardy, while the introductions of Stephen Graham, Woody Harrelson and Naomie Harris are welcomed ones in terms of the cast; even if I think their characters, particularly the latter two, are a little hit-and-miss throughout.

The action and the fact that the film only lasts for around 90 minutes mean I didn't have a negative time watching this; it is sillier this time out, which also helps. Could be a 6/10 film, but for me it inches itself into 7/10 territory.
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Martha
/10  2 years ago
Let me say this... It isn't a bad movie to watch at all.

Felt more like an after thought of the previous film than it's own film. It becomes messy trying to hear Venom cause he talks so fast. Carnage was bad ass... His love interest felt tacked on and cliche. Did we need Michelle Williams back? Not really. The ending... It set up a huge potential for a film I am sure fans would LOVE to see.
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