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Columbia Pictures
Marvel Entertainment
Matt Tolmach Productions
Pascal Pictures
Venom Collection
The world has enough superheroes.
Investigative journalist Eddie Brock attempts a comeback following a scandal, but accidentally becomes the host of Venom, a violent, super powerful alien symbiote. Soon, he must rely on his newfound powers to protect the world from a shadowy organization looking for a symbiote of their own.
BarbaGianni
Aug 1, 2026 · via TMDB
Nice movie, but weak and poorly articulated.\ That is, the premise is good, that of making the symbiosis conquerors of worlds in Supersayan or Borg style\ But it is then that he betrays himself, the relationship of Eddy and Venon is too hasty, the villains have good motivations and are quite cool (much more beautiful Riot than Venom) but they are not very thorough, the kiss with She venom is something aberrant, not even it was 50 shades ...\ Venom's change of forehead is poorly treated and too hasty too.\ In these respects the venom of spiderman 3 was better, at least as bad as it had sensible motivations. That is, the idea that Venom changed sides because his likes have always treated him badly was plausible, but not that after just three days he became fond of Eddy enough to sacrifice everything for him.
GenerationofSwine
Jan 14, 2023 · via TMDB
It's getting 10 stars because I have a simple policy that, if the movie entertains, it did it's job. That being said...it's jarring watching it as a comic book fan. You're constantly fighting the urge to look at the TV and yell "That's not how it happened!" I don't think Eddie was as much of a scumbag as he should have been...but Hardy was far better than Grace. And they symbiote wasn't exactly as fun as it was in the comics...but then you only really heard one side of the conversation in the comics. For an origin story, it was fun...but with Venom being one of the best known Spidey characters, and with Spidey being one of the best known comic book characters...was an origin story necessary? Especially one that was going to change so much of the character? It could have easily started off after the origin and rolled along on its way as to not irk the fans of the comics. Despite all of that, it was a well balanced mix of amusing and dark, and those combinations usually tend to work...even if it didn't have the blood that gore that would have sent the film over the top in best possible way. You get your money's worth watching it. And it's not something that you'll regret seeing...that is unless you're one of those people that can't get past butchering the source material.
Martha
Jul 26, 2022 · via TMDB
I loved this I have been a huge Venom fan since he debuted in comics. Tom Hardy did great. Much better than Bane.
r96sk
Mar 14, 2022 · via TMDB
The SSU - thankfully renamed from SPUMC - begins! I enjoyed <em>'Venom'</em>, in short. Tom Hardy is one of my favourite actors and I thoroughly enjoyed his showing here as the titular character. The bonkers nature of the story, if not perfect at all, is very entertaining to watch unfold. I also found the pacing and special effects to be more than solid. Looking forward to checking out the sequel.
Manuel São Bento
Oct 15, 2021 · via TMDB
FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://www.msbreviews.com/movie-reviews/venom-spoiler-free-review "Venom is yet another missed opportunity to deliver a great movie about the symbiote anti-hero. This time, the character of Eddie Brock is beautifully handled, with Tom Hardy offering an impressive performance. The actor carries the entire film, which finds its entertainment peak in the interactions between Eddie and Venom. Unfortunately, the movie is drastically brought down by a generic narrative with an incredibly dull first half, an unnecessary focus on uninteresting subplots, and a disappointing amount of paper-thin characters. The shockingly terrible editing basically ruins any sort of excitement that could be found during the action sequences. The production issues condemned this film to be a letdown. Let's just hope the next one isn't worse." Rating: C-
Nelson
Apr 3, 2019 · via TMDB
I thought it was pretty cool. Venom was a pretty good villain marvel film.
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