Venom (2018)
Storyline
Eddie Brock is a reporter, investigating people who want to go unnoticed. But after he makes a terrible discovery at the Life Foundation, he begins to transform into ‘Venom’. The Foundation has discovered creatures called symbiotes, and believes they’re the key to the next step in human evolution. Unwittingly bonded with one, Eddie discovers he has incredible new abilities - and a voice in his head that’s telling him to embrace the darkness. One of Marvel’s most celebrated anti-heroes comes to the big screen in ‘Venom’, starring Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams and Riz Ahmed.
Directors
Cast
Stan Lee, Sam Medina, Woody Harrelson, Tom Hardy, Denney Pierce, John Lobato, Chris O'Hara, Vickie Eng, Paul Barlow Jr., Nick Thune, Riz Ahmed, Melora Walters, Wayne Pére, Michelle Williams, Jenny Slate, Wade Williams, Reid Scott, Elizabeth Becka, Michelle Lee, Jane McNeill, Mac Brandt, Otis Winston, Scott Haze, Sope Aluko, Etienne Vick, Ron Cephas Jones, Martin Bats Bradford, Paul Pillsbury, Jock McKissic, Emelita T. Gonzalez, Donald K. Overstreet, Jared Bankens, Phillip Marshall Tyler, Apollo GT, Selena Anduze, Homero Lopez, Al-Jaleel Knox, Brandon Morales, William W. Barbour, Ariadne Joseph, Laura Distin, John Ozuna, Marcella Bragio, Kevin Carscallen, Peter Vo, Christian Convery, James D. Weston II, Vaughn Myovich, Scott Deckert, Grace Wan, DJames Jones, Daniela Gaskie, Van Marten, Sailor Larocque, Kayko Thompson, Ellen Gerstein, Michelle Fang, Chris Ward, Brandon Morales, Peggy Lu, Diesel Madkins, James J. Fuertes, Amy Le, Boston Rush Freeman, Carl Collanus, Patrick Brown, Carter Burch, Khalid Ghajji, Joseph Amey, Chris Stein, Cassie Hendry, Tsi Chin Li-McCall, John Gettier, Jake Hanson, Marquis Magwood, Ronnie Yelverton, Ray Benitez, Mary Lu Marr, Elgin Lee, David King, Rxchie, Tianna Hazard, Megan Aldrich, Yvette Miner, Buddy Rahming, Deen Brooksher, Michael Burgess, Patrick Chundah Chu, Jordan Foster, David Jones, Amelia Young, Javier Vazquez Jr., David Fleischer
Trailer
Reviews
75
This leaves the viewer with two choices: reject the parasite or let it take you over. Fight it off and you’ll have a bad time; become one with it and you may achieve a kind of symbiosis.
58
Venom isn’t quite bad, but it’s not exactly good either. It’s noncommittally mediocre and, as a result, forgettable. It just sort of sits there, beating you numb, unsure of whether it wants to be a comic-book movie or put the whole idea of comic-book movies in its crosshairs.
50
Like his hungry symbiote latching onto Eddie, Fleischer cunningly fastens a malicious irreverence onto an otherwise lacklustre superhero movie. But the symbiosis doesn’t quite take.
40
IGN
Tom Hardy’s committed performance can’t overcome a painful script and indecisive direction, resulting in a film with a personality that’s as split as its titular character. There are occasional moments of brilliance in the dynamic between Eddie and Venom that give a hint of what the film could have been in steadier hands, but ultimately, that only makes the finished product a more frustrating viewing experience.
40
Venom is a textbook case of a comic-book film that’s unexciting in its ho-hum competence, and even its visual-effects bravura.
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