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“TILL DEATH DO THEY PART”
The most effortless blockbuster to be released this year, Venom: The Last Dance barely satisfies its core audience while having a strange amount of fluff for a threequel that holds it back from being a fun time at the multiplex.
Due to the immense success of the last two installments, Writer/Director Kelly Marcel returns to this franchise with full control over Eddie and Venom’s destiny, which results in one of the most nothing plots I’ve seen this year. In an attempt to introduce world-ending consequences (!!) into a buddy comedy franchise, everything in here is a generic superhero snoozefest that can’t be bothered to take note of, random space aliens, and symbiotes galore. Of course, it doesn’t help that the main antagonist is imprisoned off-world for the whole movie, resulting in an indirect threat that doesn't carry any weight to the audience. Additionally, there’s a whole smorgasbord of barren subplots that detracts from the titular dynamic, which has always been the main selling point of the franchise, as without it, it would simply be another skippable Sony-verse film.
Tom Hardy returns for another synthetic performance as titular anti-hero Eddie Brock, whose Venom makes him “the lethal protector.” A certified downgrade from the last installment, the changing settings provide fewer opportunities for tight buddy comedy, as puns and jokes this time around are mostly regulated to comments about changing locations/settings/enemies, being less domestic and larger in scale. Being a guilty pleasure for me, there were some truly laughable moments, but those are few and far between, as the flick’s repetitive attempts to expand the narrative beyond the duo leave audiences scratching their heads and wondering why they even came to see this in the first place.
Overall, Venom: The Last Dance’s serviceable nature results in a no-mileage blockbuster that detracts from past foleys to add barren stakes to itself, resulting in a so-so “last dance” for our duo that unfortunately, lacks most of the idiotic distinctness and memorability the franchise is known for.
My Rating: 4/10 🍿🍿🍿🍿
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A SONY/COLUMBIA RELEASE
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