Venom Let There Be Carnage (Spoiler-Free Review)

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Marvel has been considerably busy this last whole year with a major release almost every month but that does not mean that Sony's Universe of Marvel characters wouldn't join the party as well. Venom Let There Be Carnage is a sequel to the 2018 immediate cult classic that introduced our favorite anti-hero symbiote in the best way possible. 

The sequel takes place a year later where Tom Hardy's Eddie Brock is a written journalist for the Daily Bugle? (or so, I think) He also juggles a double life as a vigilante when Venom takes over to beat up bad guys... and occasionally eats them as well. As a perfect example of symbiosis, the two start to get sick of each other and want to try going their separate ways. Whilst at San Quentin Prison, Woody Harrelson returns as Cleatus Kasady from the 2018 post-credit scene, helping Eddie Brock solve closed cases the police department never finished but after one last attempt in cracking one of the bigger cases, the police decides to reinstate the death penalty to kill him once for all. 

Before his death, Cleatus Kasady asks for one last visit from Eddie, enabling Cleatus to bite Eddie, consuming a fair amount of the symbiote that lives inside Eddie, allowing another symbiote to grow and attempt to achieve symbiosis with Cleatus. What happens when an uncontrolled symbiote and a serial killer combine forces? One can only imagine.

The events in Let There Carnage mainly take place within one night and this choice was honestly a choice I felt the writers should have rethought this alongside its short runtime. With so much going in so little time, the sequel didn't have much room to breathe or enough character development for its new supporting characters that were actually more interesting than most other movies run for less than 2 hours. For example, Naomie Harris and Stephen Graham characters were introduced within the first 5 minutes that you can't help but want a miniseries spin-off between the two or even individually. 

Eddie and Venom's relationship, however, was the best part of the film. These two friends bring a whole new idea between #FriendshipGoals and you cannot help but want more between the two. Apart from their chemistry, the possibility of Venom going in headfirst towards his alien roots as well was such a rush of excitement only for something more interesting at this current time to take up my attention is the only shock-worthy moment within this film that probably was just as exciting as seeing Carnage being as violent as he could be in a PG-13 film. 

Considerably more flawed than Eternals, Venom Let There Carnage feels more like a regular Halloween flick within the Marvel universe as opposed to its predecessor. (the only Marvel I considered watching for the spooky season) Fortunately, Eddie and Venom's mundane problems alongside how scary a combination a serial killer and murderous symbiote would make, still provide more entertainment instead of the film's short storyline that successfully manages to keep audiences interested for an hour and 40 minutes.




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