Venom: The Last Dance

Official Australian release date: 24/10/24. Viewed: 26/10/24.
Director: Kelly Marcel
Actors: Tom Hardy, Juno Temple, Rhys Ifans, Chiwetel Ejiofor
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi

Rating: M

‘Venom: The Last Dance’, or Venom 3, is potentially the final film in the Venom series – but I wouldn’t be surprised if they finally get him in the MCU with Spider-Man one day. This is a pretty good finale and fits with the tone of the first film, with some action, some violence and some solid jokes. Eddie/Venom (Hardy) is on the run in Mexico, but now being hunted by a weird giant-scorpion-alien (“xennophage”) from his home world, as well as running from the Army – Dr Paine (Temple, odd hearing her trying to do an American accent!) & General Strickland (Ejiofor, not the same as his character from Dr Strange).

The little side-plot with Martin (Ifans, also different to his Dr Connors character) and his family is nice. Not much of the plot is that important, other than it sets up the final battle and the required sacrifice. Nice that they got Mrs Chen in for a cameo, to give Venom a literal last dance. Hardy is good again, with his stiff-legged walk due to Venom being merged with him.

While this doesn’t have the felling of seriousness or importance that some MCU films does, for one of the Sony films, it’s pretty fun and enjoyable. There were quite a few chuckles from me, and the CGI and action are well done. It’s all over in ~100min and has a satisfying conclusion. Not sure if he’ll be back, but always happy to see more of Hardy as Venom.

Overall: Pretty fun final ride

Gav's Rating: 3 stars