It’s a testament to Tom Hardy and writer-director Kelly Marcel that the process of having to bid adieu to the veiny, intrusive-thought-made-hulking-flesh that is Venom may bring the whisper of a tear to the eye. Venom: The Last Dance is, supposedly, the third and final outing for the classic Spider-Man adversary who, for contractual reasons, has not been allowed to fight any Spider-Men.
The Venom trilogy has partly been Sony’s Eminem-soundtracked, oddly vintage attempt to offer a clapback to MCU wholesomeness. Yet, thanks largely to Let There Be Carnage, the trilogy’s 2021 middle chapter, it’s also transformed into a feverishly inspired romcom between Hardy’s moto-jacketed journalist Eddie Brock and Venom, the alien symbiote who latched onto him.
