(Venom stroy) A bold reporter's desperate attempt to redeem his career backfires when he is infected by a parasite who brings out his vicious alter-ego
Eddie brock (Tom Hardy) is an intrepid journalist, who doesn't know when to hold back, and this costs him dearly when he loses his job and more. His mistake? Taking on Carlton Drake - a businessman who considers himself to be a visionary, albeit with sketchy morals
It moves quickly and is fairly good-natured, but otherwise this flatly written, uninspired comic-book action movie feels more like a paycheck-driven business decision than an artistic inspiration. (Sony no longer holds the rights to the Spider-Man character, in whose universe the Venom character originated, so Venom could have been an attempt to cling to some kind of money-generating superhero franchise.) The movie boasts some interesting creature visual effects, but Hardy is the only actor who seems to be trying. And he feels miscast as a character who's part intrepid reporter and part comical buffoon; he has trouble with the jokes' timing
What the screenplay lacks in character development, it makes up for in at least a couple of the action scenes which are well staged and executed, save for the anti-climax when it all converges into a massive CGI blob, quite literally. All hope isn't lost though. A mid-credits scene does enough to build excitement for the subsequent sequel, which hopefully will feature Venom being integrating into the Spider-verse. If nothing, Tom Hardy proves that he's more than equipped to play the sentient symbiote, but in the hands of a more adept director implementing a tauter story.
But overall the movie isn't that bad that people say it was but I might reconsider it when the movie comes out on blu ray in Feb of 2019
Tom.crew
Eddie brock (Tom Hardy) is an intrepid journalist, who doesn't know when to hold back, and this costs him dearly when he loses his job and more. His mistake? Taking on Carlton Drake - a businessman who considers himself to be a visionary, albeit with sketchy morals
It moves quickly and is fairly good-natured, but otherwise this flatly written, uninspired comic-book action movie feels more like a paycheck-driven business decision than an artistic inspiration. (Sony no longer holds the rights to the Spider-Man character, in whose universe the Venom character originated, so Venom could have been an attempt to cling to some kind of money-generating superhero franchise.) The movie boasts some interesting creature visual effects, but Hardy is the only actor who seems to be trying. And he feels miscast as a character who's part intrepid reporter and part comical buffoon; he has trouble with the jokes' timing
What the screenplay lacks in character development, it makes up for in at least a couple of the action scenes which are well staged and executed, save for the anti-climax when it all converges into a massive CGI blob, quite literally. All hope isn't lost though. A mid-credits scene does enough to build excitement for the subsequent sequel, which hopefully will feature Venom being integrating into the Spider-verse. If nothing, Tom Hardy proves that he's more than equipped to play the sentient symbiote, but in the hands of a more adept director implementing a tauter story.
But overall the movie isn't that bad that people say it was but I might reconsider it when the movie comes out on blu ray in Feb of 2019
Tom.crew