![]() The movie begins with a scene from 1996 at an orphanage or some such place. It was such a botched job from the beginning I wonder what was the thought process behind it. I was thoroughly disappointed with "Venom: Let There be Carnage". Undoubtedly, some fanboys will be content with a mediocre fight between two characters they recognize, but as a film, Venom: Let There Be Carnage is a noisy pile of nothing. Even the violence is unsatisfyingly suppressed for that PG-13 rating. However, besides that, this production is pointless. The humor is okay at times, Tom Hardy is talented enough to have chemistry with himself, and effort went into the CGI (though it was overused). There are no intimate moments to allow things sink in because the script lacks substance worth meditating on. Everything about the story is rushed, repetitive, and uninspired. Normally, the details of an action sequence wouldn't be so significant, but that's all this film invests in. Because there is no coherent style or vision, the sequence ends up being a big, ugly mess. The villain is underdeveloped and uninteresting, the imagery is sloppy and cluttered, and the choreography is nonsensical. Yes, it is between two marketable comic book characters, but that's all it provides. The entire movie is filler stalling for its final battle, yet that showdown is disappointing. Venom: Let There Be Carnage is a one trick pony that doesn't land its trick. Heck, even a bar of chocolate would be more fulfilling. In the end, it will leave you feeling like Venom himself: hungry for something with a brain. It isn't fun, but it isn't boring it isn't competent, but it isn't offensive it isn't anything, but it isn't. ![]() I'm aware that I haven't even begun to delve into its cavalcade of issues, but I just can't bring myself to do so. It's awful, but I can't bring myself to get worked up about it. It goes in one ear and straight out of the other. ![]() A bad movie is better than a boring one, I suppose, but a movie that leaves you feeling nothing, not even annoyance, is surely the bottom of the barrel. Perhaps it's because the flick is genuinely less boring than many movies deserving of a similar, or even marginally better, rating, but also genuinely worse than most of those same movies. Perhaps it's because it leaves you feeling totally apathetic, unequipped to even think about its events, never mind its shortcomings. Perhaps that's because reflecting on it is like trying to remember a bad dream by the time you try to articulate it, it has already slipped from your mind. As I said, it's difficult to properly review. If you asked me to recount its plot beat for beat, even while the credits were still rolling, I'd seriously struggle to come up with a coherent answer. It's totally empty, a meal comprised of zero calories. Having said that, it's actually difficult to properly review, because it's just. Frankly, it's almost unfathomable how a team as talented as this can turn out something so amateurish. That's pretty much the only praise I can send its way. ![]() At least 'Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021)' is brief. ![]()
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