The Venom movies starring Tom Hardy have turned out to be a hit franchise. After part 1 grossed almost 900 million dollars at the time, the sequel Venom: Let There Be Carnage also achieved an impressive 500 million dollars at the worldwide box office despite the corona pandemic.
You can now stream the Venom sequel on Netflix with a subscription. The successor easily trumps the first part in terms of crazy ideas and scores above all with a great unleashed leading actor.
Venom 2 is extremely entertaining Marvel fun with a Gaga guarantee
In the sequel, Eddie Brock (Hardy) and alien symbiote Venom face off against new villain Cletus Kasady (Woody Harrelson) aka Carnage. You don’t need to know much more about the thin plot of Venom 2, because it’s secondary anyway.
Instead, the pleasant 97-minute long Marvel blockbuster is a wonderfully wacky trash spectacle. Eddie and Venom’s dysfunctional relationship takes center stage, with constant arguments and wars of words.
As a result, Venom 2 often feels like a series of individual scenes that are as weird as possible like a series of short cartoon episodes how you used to watch them on TV on Sunday mornings.
The highlight of the Marvel film is once again Tom Hardy, who finally rises to the overacting Olympus here. His unleashed, exaggerated acting is reminiscent of 90s madness like Jim Carrey in The Mask.
In the Marvel Universe, which is shaped primarily by the films from the MCU, Venom 2 is more than ever an absurd outlier that no one should take seriously for even a second. Then you have all the more fun with the pure Tom Hardy show.
What’s next after Venom 2?
A third part is already planned. The previous screenwriter Kelly Marcel is switching to the director’s chair for the first time. Venom 3 is scheduled for release in 2024which is no longer secured by the new Hollywood strike.
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