A messy but oddly charming sequel that leans hard into camp, body-horror silliness, and the bizarre chemistry between Eddie and Venom. It’s short, fast, and often more fun as a joke than as a superhero movie, with a few standout performances and a knowingly absurd tone.
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
Where to watch: Buy
Movie · Science Fiction · Action
Thu · 1h 37m
Director: Andy Serkis
Starring: Tom Hardy, Woody Harrelson, Michelle Williams
Overview
After finding a host body in investigative reporter Eddie Brock, the alien symbiote must face a new enemy, Carnage, the alter ego of serial killer Cletus Kasady.
Director
Andy Serkis
Cast
Tom Hardy, Woody Harrelson, Michelle Williams
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Verdict
A messy but oddly charming sequel that leans hard into camp, body-horror silliness, and the bizarre chemistry between Eddie and Venom. It’s short, fast, and often more fun as a joke than as a superhero movie, with a few standout performances and a knowingly absurd tone.
Best for
Viewers who like superhero movies with a heavy camp or comedy tilt
Fans of odd-couple banter and chaotic antihero energy
People open to a glossy, dumb, entertaining B-movie vibe
Audiences who enjoy queer-coded subtext and internet-memeable absurdity
Skip if
You want coherent plotting or serious stakes
You dislike broad humor and self-aware silliness
You expect polished action choreography over personality
You are not in the mood for a movie that treats chaos as the main attraction
Overview
Venom: Let There Be Carnage works best when it stops trying to be respectable and embraces its own ridiculousness. The movie is built around a strange, squabbling symbiote-buddy dynamic that plays like a breakup comedy with teeth, and that friction gives it more personality than many cleaner blockbuster sequels.
Worth noting
It’s also very uneven. The story is thin, the villain is underused in places, and the film often feels like it is sprinting from one joke or fight to the next without much connective tissue. But the energy is real, and the movie knows how to turn bad taste into entertainment.
Bottom line
If you’re in the right mood, the camp, the body-horror flourishes, and the gleeful nonsense can be a feature rather than a bug. If you’re not, it will feel like a loud sketch stretched to feature length. Either way, it is never boring for long.
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Fellas is it gay to want to kiss the alien that is inside your body