Maybe what the people really want is a screwball comedy with Hardy mugging alongside a wise-cracking, homicidal alien goo suit. I don't know if this franchise will ever qualify as traditionally good no matter how successful it proves to be. What works in this movie is what worked for me in the previous film, but now all elements feel more in alignment with the goofy energy of star-producer-and-credited-"story by"-writer Hardy. The love story with Woody Harrelson (Zombieland) and Naomie Harris (Moonlight) made me think if someone combined Natural Born Killers with X-Men but short-changed us on both counts. Tom Hardy returns to the big screen as the lethal protector Venom. The new villain is a scenery-chewing serial killing dullard and then transforms into a goop monster. Michelle Williams (Manchester by the Sea) is pitifully wasted as Eddie's ex-girlfriend. Regardless, if you were not a fan of Venom before, this movie won't convince you there's a compelling character or universe here. Its knowingly absurd, boasts a self-aware lead and moves quickly when the climax hits, it feels like everything before it breezed by but Let There Be Carnage remains a slog. I can't really tell if everyone attached to the movie is trying hard or really just goofing off on the company's dime. It doesn't always keep that balance but it's sure entertaining to watch its goofball energy and it's only a merciful 90 minutes long (almost one half of Eternals). Under the guise of actor-turned-director Andy Serkis (Mowgli), the movie is simply a broad cartoon that manages to walk a line between good-bad and laughably bad. There are some comedic moments that just keep doubling down on silly jokes at the expense of everything else, like the "Not you, Father, you, father" bit that actually made me laugh out loud. The movie is almost sitcom-level in it's portrayal of the two butting heads and going their separate ways to prove they don't need the other only to learn they were really meant to be. This time we have a second alien symbiotic goo, which is actually what the villain of the first movie was, but this time it's red and extra trendril-y! The appeal for any viewer is going to be the bonkers buddy film at its core, Eddie Brock and his living id personified as the Venom alien that keeps asking to be allowed to eat people. I was not a fan of the 2018 predecessor but I found myself enjoying the goofier aspects of Tom Hardy's performance as journalist Eddie Brock after he shares his body with an alien symbiotic goo. This movie is ridiculous, and that will either be its major selling point of its point of condemnation. This is a silly, dumb movie that seems almost too aware of its existence as a silly, dumb movie it reminded me of what a Roger Corman movie might feel like as a modern-day superhero blockbuster. Tom Hardy returns to the big screen as the lethal protector Venom, one of Marvel's greatest and most complex characters. Whatever feelings you may have had for 2018's Venom, I imagine they will only be magnified with the sequel, Let There Be Carnage, where it appears that the filmmakers took the goofy, campy elements from the original and magnified them exponentially. PG-13 1 hr 37 min Oct 1st, 2021 Science Fiction, Action, Adventure.
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