I’ve been looking forward to this movie since the first one ended. That anticipation grew by an order of magnitude when I learned Woody Harrison would be the villain in Venom: Let There Be Carnage. But recently, when I learned Venom: Carnage had a 90-minute runtime I grew concerned. I knew there would be a lot of action in the movie. That wouldn’t leave much time for character, plot building, and most importantly humor.
Turns out, the action in *Venom: Carnage* isn’t really all that great. There’s a lot of punching, throwing, stabbing, etc. But it’s all somewhat pointless because of the character’s ability to morph. Like what really hurts the character besides loud noises and fire? So all the action antics really amount to not much. Unless there’s humor added to the mix. And this movie didn’t add much. In fact, I don’t recall laughing out loud more than once.
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Woody Harrison was exactly what you’d expect for his psychopathic character. The actor did a good job, but unfortunately, the story really doesn’t develop the character properly. We get a very brief cartoon backstory of Cletus’ life, but that’s not enough to forgive him for what he’s done. A good story would have given the audience just a little bit of sympathy for the character, and there was none.
This movie wasn’t bad at all. There were plenty of enjoyable scenes. It’s just that it didn’t come close to reaching its potential.
Grade: C-
About The Peetimes:
This is a short movie—less than 90 minutes, including the extras in the end credits. I have 1 Recommended Peetime—the middle one— and 2 Emergency Peetimes—1st and last.
Anything Extra?
There are extra scenes during, or after, the end credits of Venom: Let There Be Carnage. Read more. (What we mean by Anything Extra.)
| Rated: | (PG-13) Disturbing Material | Action | Intense Sequences of Violence | Some Strong Language | Suggestive References |
| Genres: | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller |
| Starring: | Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams, Naomie Harris |
| Director: | Andy Serkis |
| Writer(s): | Kelly Marcel, Tom Hardy |
| Language: | English |
| Country: | United States |
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Michael Fields
I know what you mean about the backstory, it was almost like they were saying, hey he is not such a bad guy for killing people, look at what he has been threw in his life. But I guess since it is a Marvel (ish) movie they do not want to have a cold blooded killer who has no respect for life at anytime in his life in their film, but they do show some interesting things I do not want to spoil but Miss Chan and Anne had some good parts in it
Dan Gardner Administrator
Agreed. Miss Chan milked every scene she was in—all two of them, right? I love it when minor characters are taken seriously in the story building and the actors give them the attention they need. It really adds depth to a movie.
Anne is well done. I hope they continue to involve her in the future stories. Eddie needs that grounding that she provides.