VENOM: THE LAST DANCE Reviews Are in and Here's What Critics Are Saying
The reviews forVenom: The Last Dance have been released on the internet by various critics, and while the reviews are mixed, it seems like a lot of people enjoyed the film.
As someone who didn’t care for the first two Venom movies, I’m not excited about this third film, and I’m just expecting another mediocre movie that should’ve been much better than how it turns out.
I’ll eventually get around to seeing it, but I’m in no rush.
In The Last Dance, “Tom Hardy returns as Venom, one of Marvel’s greatest & most complex characters, for the final film in the trilogy. Eddie and Venom are on the run. Hunted by both of their worlds and with the net closing in, the duo is forced into a devastating decision that will bring the curtains down on Venom and Eddie's last dance.”
Check out excerpts from the reviews below and let us know what you think!
Deadline: “Not the best of its kind, but by no means the worst, and even when the inevitable war breaks out between humans, xenophages and symbiotes, Marcel orchestrates the action in a surprisingly comprehensible style."
Variety: "The alien gets the good lines, and Tom Hardy completes his mumblemouth Bowery Boy peformance, in a sequel that's as fun, and rote, as the others."
Rolling Stone: "[The] Spidey-adjacent fan favorite finishes out his trilogy with the usual buddy-comedy-meets-blockbuster spectacle, some laughs, and bit of fan sentimentality."
Nerdist: "If you liked the first two Venom films you’ll like The Last Dance. If you didn’t, then you won’t like this one, either. But I don’t understand how someone could dislike a real-life McBain movie starring a symbiote and better actors."
The Hollywood Reporter: "The action is bigger and louder, if at times messier, than that of its predecessors, but this is also the cuddliest of the three movies."
Total Film: "Occupies a space far more safe and sanitized than the source comics, all boiling down to one big chase movie."
Digital Spy calls it "the most entertaining outing of the trilogy" and "[a] movie [that] delivers where it counts."
The Wrap: the site's critic wasn't a fan. "If this is what Sony thinks the 'Venom' movies should be like, they can keep it," the review concludes. "What a lousy way to say goodbye. No greatest hits. Just a strikeout."
IGN's verdict, on the other hand, reads, "Venom: The Last Dance trips over its own tendrils and lets a boring, generic plot, and bad action distract from the surprisingly resilient central relationship between Eddie Brock and his symbiote bestie."
Empire walked away unhappy. "It’s third time unlucky for a series that still hasn’t worked out what it wants to be. The Last Dance can’t find its rhythm."
We Live Entertainment: "Make no mistake, Venom is still putting on a wacky show, but I was pleased to see The Last Dance allow this series to finally find its footing."
The Independent: "The third and supposedly final chapter in this oddly vintage buddy comedy super-villain series is plenty fun – if you ignore the abundance of dull exposition."
CBM: "The most cinematic, monumental Venom movie to date, The Last Dance leaves room for improvement but by upping the stakes and allowing Eddie and Venom to bond, it’s epic and heartfelt enough to leave us hoping this is far from Tom Hardy’s last whirl as the Lethal Protector."
Seattle Times: “The Last Dance brings nothing new to the series. In fact, it brings less than the previous two movies.”
Jeremy Jahns: “This movie could properly be titled, Venom: Things Happen.”
The movie is directed by Kelly Marcel (Fifty Shades of Grey). She also wrote and produced the first two Venom movies. The script of this third film is based on a story that she developed with Hardy.
The Last Dance stars Tom Hardy, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Juno Temple, Rhys Ifans, Peggy Lu, Alanna Ubach, and Stephen Graham.