Venom: Let There Be Carnage
Venom: Let There Be Carnage by Andy Serkis is a peculiar relic of pandemic-era cinema, a follow-up that feels more like a mad dash through story threads in an attempt to appease fans before the next wave of MCU integration makes it obsolete. Character development, thematic coherence, and basic storytelling logic are all casualties of its own momentum as it speeds through its storyline at a dizzying pace, making it the rare modern blockbuster that feels too short rather than too lengthy at a svelte 97 minutes. However, despite this chaotic structure, the movie is able to maintain and even improve upon the one aspect that made its predecessor a surprising success: the truly strange, strangely endearing chemistry between Eddie Brock (played by Tom Hardy ) and his alien symbiote partner. It is a B-movie with a blockbuster budget that celebrates its own ridiculousness without adding anything significant to it. It is a film of frustrating paradoxes that is both more enjoyable a...
