Star Cast: Tom Hardy stars, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Juno Temple, Rhys Ifans
Director: Kelly Marcel
Venom: The Last Dance Movie Review Synopsis:
VENOM: THE LAST DANCE is the story of a huge threat looming on Earth. After the events of VENOM: LET THERE BE CARNAGE [2021], Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy), along with Venom, is hiding in Mexico. After they end up killing four baddies, they decide to run away. Eddie realizes that he can move to New York and blackmail a judge into helping him. While flying back to the USA, Eddie and Venom get attacked by a xenophage, which has been sent by Knull from planet Klyntar. Knull is looking for a codex, which Venom and Eddie have. Venom informs Eddie that if one of them dies, the codex gets destroyed. Hence, they both need to be alive as well as ensure that they can defeat xenophages as well as Knull. But the xenophages are dangerous and it won’t be easy to eliminate them. On top of it, Eddie is being hunted by General Rex Strickland (Chiwetel Ejiofor). He is aware that Eddie needs to be killed to save the world. On top of it, there’s also Patrick Mulligan (Stephen Graham), Dr Paine (Juno Temple) and Clark Backo (Sadie) to add to the madness. What happens next forms the rest of the film.
Venom: The Last Dance Movie Story Review:
Tom Hardy and Kelly Marcel’s story is entertaining. Kelly Marcel’s screenplay is uncomplicated though the moviegoers this time might take a while to comprehend the conflict. The dialogues add to the fun and drama.
Kelly Marcel’s direction is massy. He manages to keep the interest levels up from start to finish and packs in a lot in 110 minutes. He reserves the best for the second half. The last 30 minutes are action-packed and have some fine nail-biting moments. In the first half, a scene that stands out is the fight near the waterfall.
On the flipside, the director takes a while to build up. The Venom character is not even there in some scenes as the other character gets established and one does miss the protagonist here. The whole angle of the judge in New York is laughable. They could have thought of a better reason for Eddie to return knowing that he’s the most wanted person in the States. The climax might not be acceptable to a section of the film viewers. Lastly, there’s no romantic track and it’ll surely be missed since it formed an important part of the series.
Venom: The Last Dance Movie Review Performances:
Tom Hardy is at ease like before and he’s most entertaining in scenes where Eddie has to pretend that no alien exists in him. Chiwetel Ejiofor lends able support. Stephen Graham does fine but his character is horribly wasted after a point, especially when so much time is spent on establishing his track. Rhys Ifans (Martin Moon) leaves a huge mark. Alanna Ubach (Nova Moon) and the actors playing their children are fine. Juno Temple and Clark Backo lend able support.
Venom: The Last Dance movie music and other technical aspects:
Dan Deacon’s music has a cinematic appeal. Fabian Wagner’s cinematography is spectacular. Sean Haworth and Chris Lowe’s production design is rich. Daniel Orlandi’s costumes are non-glamorous, as per the requirements of the characters. The VFX is top class while the action is very gory and disturbing. Mark Sanger’s editing is slick.
Venom: The Last Dance Movie Review Conclusion:
On the whole, VENOM: THE LAST DANCE rests on a paisa vasool second half although the climax might not be acceptable to all sections of the audience. Nevertheless, the popularity of the series and the encouraging advance sales will ensure that the film has a decent performance at the box office, despite the big Diwali releases next week.