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Venom: The Last Dance

A noisy, uneven superhero road movie that works best as a bizarre buddy-comedy between Eddie and Venom. The action and story are messy, but the film has enough creature-feature energy, self-aware absurdity, and odd-couple charm to be entertaining if you’re already on its wavelength.

Venom: The Last Dance

Where to watch: Buy

Movie · Science Fiction · Action

Tue · 1h 49m

Director: Kelly Marcel

Starring: Tom Hardy, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Juno Temple

Overview

Eddie and Venom are on the run. Hunted by both of their worlds and with the net closing in, the duo are forced into a devastating decision that will bring the curtains down on Venom and Eddie's last dance.

Director

Kelly Marcel

Cast

Tom Hardy, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Juno Temple

Curator Review

Verdict

A noisy, uneven superhero road movie that works best as a bizarre buddy-comedy between Eddie and Venom. The action and story are messy, but the film has enough creature-feature energy, self-aware absurdity, and odd-couple charm to be entertaining if you’re already on its wavelength.

Best for

  • fans of chaotic comic-book sequels
  • viewers who enjoy campy, self-aware blockbusters
  • people who like creature effects and body-horror-adjacent sci-fi
  • audiences invested in the Eddie/Venom dynamic
  • watchers looking for a dumb-fun, low-stakes crowd-pleaser

Skip if

  • you want a tightly plotted superhero film
  • you dislike tonal whiplash and broad comedy
  • you need strong villain writing or emotional depth
  • you’re not interested in franchise continuity
  • you prefer grounded action over cartoonish spectacle

Overview

Venom: The Last Dance is less a superhero finale than a weird little road movie with symbiotes, chases, and a lot of tonal chaos. It leans hard into the odd-couple chemistry between Eddie and Venom, which remains the franchise’s main attraction even when the plot feels like it’s being assembled on the fly.

Worth noting

The movie has flashes of real invention: creature gags, shameless silliness, and a willingness to be ridiculous in public. That said, the action often feels weightless, the stakes are muddy, and the emotional beats never quite land with the force the film seems to want.

Bottom line

If you’re here for polished Marvel-style coherence, this is probably a miss. If you’re open to a messy, self-aware studio oddity that treats its own absurdity as a feature, there’s enough here to make it worth a look.

Top Letterboxd reviews

Gabby (3★) · 10412 likes

The fuck ass maroon 5 montage was lowkey top 5 moments of the year

Sydney🚀 (2.5★) · 7886 likes

Venom frog, venom fish, what’s next? Venom horse? The woke symbiote agenda is poisoning your childrens minds

i_am_shego (3★) · 7041 likes

venom’s on my “hear me out” cake

kumi (3.5★) · 5561 likes

what letter in lgbt is this

matt lynch · 5002 likes

Not remotely a good movie, not remotely a bad time.

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Themes

odd-couple partnership, antihero adventure, symbiotic body horror, on-the-run chase, franchise finale, camp and self-parody, alien invasion, found family

Topics

superhero, science fiction, action-comedy, body horror, camp, road movie, alien, franchise finale, chaotic, buddy dynamic

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