![]() ![]() Just pushing though a typical one dimensional villain. Inhabits the character as well as Carnage does he's a natural for the slick and slimy villain, capable of bringing a center to the character rather than Plays well enough with that human-digital interplay and particularly thanks to Woody Harrelson's work as Cletus Kasady. But even as the picture is visually and structurally stale, it Of the "cool" shots of the digital characters battling it out make it into the movie. And the result is as expected, with Director Andy Serkis checking off all of the boxes for the climactic battle, making sure that all Gags from the first film without doing much to push the envelope here, content more to rely on filling the screen with two creatures of this What is not the movie's highlight is the endless barrage of special computer effects that can't help but to feel stale. With all the panache he can muster the vocal back and forth banter and his ability to play off the special effect is quite impressive and easily the Good for a few laughs but doesn't accomplish much in terms of building an unforgettable character pairing. That gravitational pull to theĬenter doesn't do the film any favors, and as such it has to double down on humor, most of which stems from the Eddie-Venom relationship that is Universe, too, accessible to all audiences rather than choosing to push the material to where it seems to want to go. In other words, it's trying to have its cake and stay in the Marvel Well enough in that regard, never quite firing on all cylinders or reaching as deep into the darkness as the content seems to demand, insteadįocusing on doing everything in its power to play it safe rather than play it up. Much darker, more visceral experience for something that aims for humor rather than the macabre as its foundational centerpiece. Venom: Let There Be Carnage chooses to follow its predecessor as a play-it-safe, (fairly) audience-friendly film, foregoing what might have Eddie and Venom will have to set aside their differences if they are going to put an end to Carnage's The outs with one another, Carange runs wild. As Eddie and Venom attempt to pick up the pieces of a broken relationship with Anne (Michelle Williams) and find themselves on Kasady, with Carnage's help, escapes lethal injection and sets out to wreck havoc and reunite with his longtime love, Shriek But it is in fact a threat when Kasady learns of Eddie's symbiotic relationship with Venom and finds a way to host his own horrific When Eddie Brock/Venom (Tom Hardy) scores an interview with death row inmate Cletus Kasady (Woody Harrelson), it would seem a chance for aĬareer push. Special effects and mostly successful stabs at humor that offset that scarier and would-be gorier aspects that have been watered down for PG-13 Scheme of the larger Superhero (or in this case anti-Superhero) landscape, but it gets by through sheer force of will vis-à-vis its endless parade of The film isn't all that great in the grand Let There Be Carnage wasn't nearly so financially successful (but that is pulled in $483 million inĭrastically different economy and social climate means that it still can be labeled as a fairly large success). Massive $856 million dollar box office return. The film is a follow-up to 2018's Venom which was lukewarmly received at best but still turned a Mayhem that will result when Carnage and Venom face off in an epic battle of slimy, sinewy, symbiotic creatures. Venom: Let there Be Carnage is something of a double entendre title, at once promising Carnage, the character, and carnage, the ![]() ![]() Reviewed by Martin Liebman, December 15, 2021 ![]() Venom: Let There Be Carnage 4K Blu-ray Review ![]()
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