I hadn’t listened to any other reviews before going to see the film so I couldn’t be influenced by them. However, I might have been influenced by one in this write up.

Tom Hardy is back in his Eddie Brock, Venom persona and although loose, it also feels forced at times. We start off where the last film left us and they had that moment, are we going to New York to visit Spider-man? That doesn’t materialise, they bring in another character from that franchise in Knull voiced by non-other than Andy Serkis however did they really use the character? Knull sends his minions out, some black Ops guys are running amuck and some scientists with rather flat acting.

So, Eddie and Venom turns out are a key to unlock Knull and are on the run from the authorities for murder. They end up in the Nevada desert rather quickly hunted by one of the minions and then bump into a family who are out searching for aliens.

I didn’t quite get this whole setup, a family searching for, are aliens are real. In a universe where an alien snapped everyone out of existence to be returned five years later. In a universe where there was a massive alien army that invaded New York during the Avengers film. I can’t fault Rhys Ifans acting here or that of the actors of his family. Them and Tom Hardy are the only ones that felt natural. The rest of the acting felt somewhat falsed.

I ask did marvel forgot that they already used Rhys Ifans as Dr Connors who turned himself into a Lizard. Who knows!

We then end up in to Las Vegas which seemed to be an excuse to get to the character Mrs Chen, who for some reason went to running a small convenient store to a high stakes roller being put up in the top room at the hotel! How did that happen?? And the dance? The last dance… Did they really put much thought into that?

Straight back into the desert and straight to Area51 where we have the epic battle. Interesting battle and then it’s all over.

It’s a watchable film, but overall just felt lacklustre at times.

2.5 out of 5.