In Venom: The Last Dance, Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy) and Venom are on the run. Hunted by both of their worlds and with the net closing in, the duo are forced into a devastating decision that will bring the curtains down on Venom and Eddie’s last dance.
Narratively, Venom: The Last Dance is all over the place. Story concepts are introduced with no rhyme nor reason, the latest Venom movie trips over its own lack of cohesion. Much like its predecessors, the movie occupies the same dull, meandering, and excessive space within the broader comic book movie genre. However, that doesn’t mean that there’s nothing of substance to be discovered in the movie.
Directed by Kelly Marcel, Venom: The Last Dance boasts exhilarating action sequences that are a step up over its predecessors. While the narrative is by no means up to par, the filmmaker does a great job in consistently escalateing the stakes and scale of its action sequences, which doesn’t devolve into incomprehensible CGI fest. Furthermore, the movie succeeds in building upon the wildly entertaining symbiosis relationship between Hardy’s Eddie Brock and the titular character. With solid direction over action sequences and emotional drama, the antihero movie shines when it’s not bogged down by its incoherent plot points, a boring antagonist, and one dimensional supporting characters.
All in all, when the movie gravitates towards the spectacular absurdity of its odd, goofy buddy antics, it can be pleasantly entertaining to watch. Surprisingly effective on an emotional level, the third entry in the film series does provide a well-earned sendoff for Tom Hardy’s Eddie Brock and Venom, wrapping up the characters’ stories with earnestness. Venom: The Last Dance is an outrageously fun and beautiful conclusion to a trilogy that we did not expect to go this far.
