Sequel not as good as first
Marvel does their magic again, folks with more comedy and action in the latest movie, Venom: Let There Be Carnage.
This sequel begins with the backstory of Cletus Kasady, a character who was introduced in the credit scenes of the first movie who is in prison for murder.
His backstory shows him in a facility along with a young girl, Frances Barrison, who has a supersonic scream.
Because of Barrison’s ability, she gets taken away from Kasady to be held at a top-secret facility and is believed to be dead by most.
In the present time, Eddie Brock is still having a hard time living with the symbiote Venom who resides inside him. Although the struggle is truly real, Brock still manages to get his notorious journalist role back and is beckoned by Kasady to do an interview.
As multiple interviews take place, Venom makes the mistake of infecting Kasady with symbiotic blood which in turn creates the villain, Carnage.
When Carnage strikes a deal with Kasady and the now prison escapee, Barrison, they all three plan to kill those they see as a threat which includes Brock and Venom.
Brock would be prepared for an alien symbiote to attack, but unfortunately he and Venom got separated after fighting with each other.
Now racing to fight for not only his life but the life of his ex-fiance, Brock and Venom have to work through their issues and find a way to survive Carnage’s attack.
There were quite a few things about this specific Marvel that make me iffy about how I generally feel about it.
One thing I thought that made the movie worthy of watching was that, unlike the first film, we actually get to see Venom’s true personality.
While he is an alien symbiote that needs to eat humans or more specifically their heads, you learn that Venom is an outsider when it comes to his kind and just wants to be accepted and appreciated.
It was nice to see Venom more as a person or close to a person as he can get rather than just being a symbiote inside of Brock.
Throughout the film, the audience gets to see the quirkiness and oddly loveable personality as he shows his own type of innocent humor and various emotions.
As the last movie, Tom Hardy once again does a fantastic job in his role as Eddie Brock/ Venom. Hardy portrays his character very well and in a comedic way as this film showed more of how Brock is coping with his new life and ability.
The one disappointing aspect of this film was the so-called symbiotic villain, Carnage. While he was intriguingly gross as a villain should be, he didn’t exactly have or give an exact motive on why he should kill Venom.
But Carnage wasn’t the only bad villain in this film, as his human version who is played by the loveable Woody Harrelson, also is a villain.
As much as I can see why his character was needed in order for Carnage to be born, his murderous background and obsession for Brock needed more explanation and motive.
Overall, this recent Marvel is worth watching if you are a fan of Marvel and/or Venom in general, although there wasn’t as much action as the first it was a comedic and semi heart-felt story.
If you would like to give this film a try, it is in theatres now.