Review of Venom (2018) by Ben H — 04 Oct 2018

Way better than what the critics say. I'm very wary of the low-quality movies Hollywood has been pumping out, so I came into watching this movie a little skeptical but at least open-minded. I was not disappointed! In a good way! Venom is a must-see.

I'm thinking about seeing it again. I agree that this movie needed to be rated R to fully achieve what it was going for, but this Venom has a serious / slightly darker tone to it with more tension created in it than the new Alien movie.

Let's just say it works. There are a couple things that aren't explained, and I wish it was longer with more development of the main characters involved. I think this movies needs "Heat"- esque conversations between the characters.

Besides that, I also thought it was funnier than Guardians of the Galaxy. Venom is just so cool in this movie. Check it out! As long as you don't try to hate it, you'll like it! Also of note: there is some PC stuff, but it's not super overt.

.. 1. The Latino guard makes a comment to Brock that his daughter got a full ride scholarship to MIT, and Eddie exclaims, "WOO!!!" It seemed planted for obvious reasons. 2. Global warming is mentioned (surprise, surprise).

Other than that, they kept the PC stuff to a minimum. The after-credits scenes don't add much of anything to the movie. I hope they release an R-rated cersion of this in 4K!!