Director> Ruben Fleischer
Cast> Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams , Scott Haze , Woody Harrelson and more.
Investigative journalist Eddie Brock attempts a comeback following a scandal, but accidentally becomes the host of an alien symbiote that gives him a violent super alter-ego: Venom. He must rely on his newfound powers to protect the world from a shadowy organisation looking for a symbiote of their own.
Venom is one of the Marvel characters still owned by the Sony corporation and not under the control of the legally separate Marvel Cinematic Universe, although it is still entitled to the statutory Stan Lee cameo. The storytelling here is blunt, but what’s even more surprising is the lack of chemistry between Hardy and Williams, two of the most charismatic actors on the planet. Hardy’s performance in particular is fidgety, muted and curiously unengaging; Williams also toils away in a nothing-y fiancée-moving-on role.
> Shatabdi Sarker Poushi
Venom
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