Film Review: Venom
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Cert: 15 cert
Director: Ruben Fleischer
Screenwriter: (screenplay by) Scott Rosenberg, Jeff Pinkner, Kelly Marcel, Will Beall, (based on the Marvel comics by) Todd McFarlane, (story by) Scott Rosenberg, Jeff Pinkner, (based on the Marvel comics by), David Michelinie
Starring: Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams, Marcella Bragio, Woody Harrelson, Jenny Slate, Riz Ahmed, Mac Brandt, Ron Cephas Jones, Michelle Lee, Melora Walters, Sope Aluko, Reid Scott, Sam Medina, Donald K. Overstreet, Scott Haze
Running time: 1h 52min
Parents advised reading before viewing the film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.
Sex & Nudity: None
Violence & Gore: Men being attacked, the head being bitten off but no blood is shown, broken limb with the bone sticking out slight blood is seen.
Profanity: the word "Pussy" was a drop once, Few F-bombs here and there nothing major
Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking: None
Frightening/Intense Scenes: There intense chase scene, nothing really intense or frightening.
Story: When Eddie Brock acquires the powers of a symbiote, he will have to release his alter-ego "Venom" to save his life.
Likes: Venom is it any good.......... Well i'l be honest it good but there is a lot of issues I had with it, the certification isn't one, which im glad they took it to at least a 15 cert instead of the stupid 12A- PG-13 route because it allows the character to be a bit better, but I do feel the R-rating would have been better.
The Biggest problem with Venom being a low certification is carnage, which could be in a sequel if this film is a success in box office, its need to push it to R-rating because of the PG13- 12A, 15 certs won't work for it.
Not that im saying this venom film was a disaster because it's not but the film does have some major issues in it casting and storytelling, which is a shame because there are areas in this film that were generally funny (mainly the building scene)
The humour is very sarcastic from the character of venom, so it gonna be that moment unless you find sarcastic humour funny, you might not like the humour in this film. Tom Hardy performance is brilliant in playing the report asking the hard the questions and pushing boundary that everyone doesn't dare ask, this is how the real reporter gets the hard truth and doesn't makeup thing for a story.
Tom performance give a great scared and vulnerable person when he first meets venom, giving off a guy that has no clue what the hell is going on which sell the character more, Venom himself is a awesome character but so hell back slight with the Certification.
I noticed at the beginning of the film, which not a lot of people born after the 90s won't know about is the very scene at this point was actually the original storyline of Venom origin to earth with a slight story chance that was more plausible for the story which did help.
We get a lot of great fight scenes through the film, with a few moments of funny humour (if you can get the sarcastic humour) while the film does maintain some element of that dark edge. The visual effects are great on venom especial the humour, but there is an area with the visual that is bad. This sadly is where im gonna have to rip into the film bad points there a few of them.
Dislikes:
1. Casting. Riz Ahmed as Carlton Drake / Riot, Riz is a good actor, even I can see that but playing the antagonist villian in the film, ya sorry just wasn't feeling it, not sure if it was the writing for character or just the way he was he's portraying this role, he just didn't have that ruthless charismatic tone to be a character. This sadly makes the villian of the film very generic which I hate because it pulls the film down.
2. Casting. Michelle Williams playing Anne Weying, Again Michelle is a great actress ive seen her is so many great films where she shined given a great performance in those films. Here in venom again great performance but I feel she was the wrong casting for this role, I'll explain, there was zero chemistry between William and Hardy on the screen. Which made the romance and relationship together feel forced instead of feeling a natural connection with each other, I feel this "Me too" movement concept just didn't work in this film.
3. Visual effects. The motorbike chase there is a moment where it takes you out of the immersion of the chase which blantant Green screen shots, there was a moment where you can blatantly see that a stunt scene that it wasn't Tom Hardy on the bike and a stunt double. I feel the close up scene of Tom Hardy on the bike were unnecessary, could have been edit out the film, because the rest of the scene was perfect.
4. The story. The story felt very generic, Venom didn't show up until almost halfway through the second act but before we could get any build up with a showdown with Riot, the film was already over, this is where the writing failed. You have too many people writing on a story you get a mess of a film because of it, the direction of the film is going in serval direction and the moments that just don't seemly fit together.
The flow of the film with it pacing is off which is bad for the film, this is why this film comes off great but still generic, I mean the whole build up between Roit and venom should have been from the end of the first act and not dragged out until the halfway through the second act. This is why I feel the film is Great in places but overall generic where the film could've been better.
Overall: Great acting, Funny sarcastic moment, Great but generic story and bad casting with a generic villian
Rating: 5 out of 5 for Entertainment / 7 out of 10 for comic book film.
Cert: 15 cert
Director: Ruben Fleischer
Screenwriter: (screenplay by) Scott Rosenberg, Jeff Pinkner, Kelly Marcel, Will Beall, (based on the Marvel comics by) Todd McFarlane, (story by) Scott Rosenberg, Jeff Pinkner, (based on the Marvel comics by), David Michelinie
Starring: Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams, Marcella Bragio, Woody Harrelson, Jenny Slate, Riz Ahmed, Mac Brandt, Ron Cephas Jones, Michelle Lee, Melora Walters, Sope Aluko, Reid Scott, Sam Medina, Donald K. Overstreet, Scott Haze
Running time: 1h 52min
Parents advised reading before viewing the film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.
Sex & Nudity: None
Violence & Gore: Men being attacked, the head being bitten off but no blood is shown, broken limb with the bone sticking out slight blood is seen.
Profanity: the word "Pussy" was a drop once, Few F-bombs here and there nothing major
Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking: None
Frightening/Intense Scenes: There intense chase scene, nothing really intense or frightening.
Story: When Eddie Brock acquires the powers of a symbiote, he will have to release his alter-ego "Venom" to save his life.
Likes: Venom is it any good.......... Well i'l be honest it good but there is a lot of issues I had with it, the certification isn't one, which im glad they took it to at least a 15 cert instead of the stupid 12A- PG-13 route because it allows the character to be a bit better, but I do feel the R-rating would have been better.
The Biggest problem with Venom being a low certification is carnage, which could be in a sequel if this film is a success in box office, its need to push it to R-rating because of the PG13- 12A, 15 certs won't work for it.
Not that im saying this venom film was a disaster because it's not but the film does have some major issues in it casting and storytelling, which is a shame because there are areas in this film that were generally funny (mainly the building scene)
The humour is very sarcastic from the character of venom, so it gonna be that moment unless you find sarcastic humour funny, you might not like the humour in this film. Tom Hardy performance is brilliant in playing the report asking the hard the questions and pushing boundary that everyone doesn't dare ask, this is how the real reporter gets the hard truth and doesn't makeup thing for a story.
Tom performance give a great scared and vulnerable person when he first meets venom, giving off a guy that has no clue what the hell is going on which sell the character more, Venom himself is a awesome character but so hell back slight with the Certification.
I noticed at the beginning of the film, which not a lot of people born after the 90s won't know about is the very scene at this point was actually the original storyline of Venom origin to earth with a slight story chance that was more plausible for the story which did help.
We get a lot of great fight scenes through the film, with a few moments of funny humour (if you can get the sarcastic humour) while the film does maintain some element of that dark edge. The visual effects are great on venom especial the humour, but there is an area with the visual that is bad. This sadly is where im gonna have to rip into the film bad points there a few of them.
Dislikes:
1. Casting. Riz Ahmed as Carlton Drake / Riot, Riz is a good actor, even I can see that but playing the antagonist villian in the film, ya sorry just wasn't feeling it, not sure if it was the writing for character or just the way he was he's portraying this role, he just didn't have that ruthless charismatic tone to be a character. This sadly makes the villian of the film very generic which I hate because it pulls the film down.
2. Casting. Michelle Williams playing Anne Weying, Again Michelle is a great actress ive seen her is so many great films where she shined given a great performance in those films. Here in venom again great performance but I feel she was the wrong casting for this role, I'll explain, there was zero chemistry between William and Hardy on the screen. Which made the romance and relationship together feel forced instead of feeling a natural connection with each other, I feel this "Me too" movement concept just didn't work in this film.
3. Visual effects. The motorbike chase there is a moment where it takes you out of the immersion of the chase which blantant Green screen shots, there was a moment where you can blatantly see that a stunt scene that it wasn't Tom Hardy on the bike and a stunt double. I feel the close up scene of Tom Hardy on the bike were unnecessary, could have been edit out the film, because the rest of the scene was perfect.
4. The story. The story felt very generic, Venom didn't show up until almost halfway through the second act but before we could get any build up with a showdown with Riot, the film was already over, this is where the writing failed. You have too many people writing on a story you get a mess of a film because of it, the direction of the film is going in serval direction and the moments that just don't seemly fit together.
The flow of the film with it pacing is off which is bad for the film, this is why this film comes off great but still generic, I mean the whole build up between Roit and venom should have been from the end of the first act and not dragged out until the halfway through the second act. This is why I feel the film is Great in places but overall generic where the film could've been better.
Overall: Great acting, Funny sarcastic moment, Great but generic story and bad casting with a generic villian
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