FILM
VENOM: THE LAST DANCE
THE SYMBIOTE SAYS SAYONARA
Venom makes a splash. Below: Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy) finds a soon-to-be-Venomedup steed.
★★
OUT NOW / CERT 15 / 109 MINS
DIRECTOR
Kelly Marcel
CAST
Tom Hardy, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Juno Temple, Rhys Ifans, Peggy Lu, Stephen Graham
PLOT
As they’re pursued by interdimensional monsters, Eddie Brock (Hardy) and his symbiote Venom discover their time together may have to come to an end.
THE COMMERCIAL SUCCESS of the Venom franchise —the first two films made over $1.3 billion internationally —in spite of a repeat critical bashing should give it licence to just do as it pleases. When you’re critic-proof, why not let your freak flag fly? Take some crazy swings. One of the more disappointing things about the series, and especially this instalment, is a seeming nervousness about straying from formula. Despite its title character supposedly being an agent of chaos, it only flirts with proper weirdness, always letting its more conservative side prevail.