The first reviews of Venom: The Last Dance have hailed it as “the best of the trilogy”.
Starring Tom Hardy, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Juno Temple, Rhys Ifans, Peggy Lu, Alanna Ubach and Stephen Graham, the new sequel will open in cinemas this Friday (October 25). A trailer for the movie was shared last month with fans reacting positively to it.
A synopsis for the The Last Dance reads: “Eddie 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.”
Following its world premiere in New York last night (October 21), many critics praised the final film in the trilogy series.
Screen Rant’s Joseph Deckelmeier hailed the movie and said it “takes you on a wild and exhilarating journey from start to finish! It’s a fun popcorn movie that reminds me of the early 2000’s comic book movies. The action is great & is a tribute to action films from the 80’s. There’s a ton of funny moments.”
#VenomTheLastDance takes you on a wild and exhilarating journey from start to finish! It’s a fun popcorn movie that reminds me of the early 2000’s comic book movies. The action is great & is a tribute to action films from the 80’s. There’s a ton of funny moments. Are there plot… pic.twitter.com/b0wY5qkck4
— Joseph Deckelmeier (@joedeckelmeier) October 22, 2024
The Wrap’s Drew Taylor added: “Venom: The Last Dance is the best of the Venom movies – the insanity has been ramped up significantly but so has the heart. It’s not perfect but it’s super entertaining and there’s a giant monster that chews people up and sprays blood out of the back of its head. Pretty nuts.”
#VenomTheLastDance is the best of the “Venom” movies — the insanity has been ramped up significantly but so has the heart. It’s not perfect but it’s super entertaining and there’s a giant monster that chews people up and sprays blood out of the back of its head. Pretty nuts. pic.twitter.com/Ebp5ONseEG
— Drew Taylor (@DrewTailored) October 22, 2024
Digital Spy film editor Ian Sandwell agreed adding that it “is the most entertaining of the trilogy.”
Venom: The Last Dance is the most entertaining of the trilogy. It’s largely a funny and sweet road trip with Eddie and Venom living their Thelma & Louise fugitive dreams, including car karaoke and dog rescuing. You might even find yourself getting emotional. #VenomTheLastDance pic.twitter.com/9vFtq3eJfT
— Ian Sandwell (@ian_sandwell) October 22, 2024
Rotten Tomatoes critic Josh Wilding described the sequel as “the most cinematic, monumental Venom movie to date”, and continued: “Eddie Brock and Venom’s dynamic is at its strongest in this one and the stakes are so much higher. I had a LOT of fun with this one…the final act is BONKERS!”
I’ve seen #VenomTheLastDance and it’s the most cinematic, monumental #Venom movie to date. Eddie Brock and Venom’s dynamic is at its strongest in this one and the stakes are so much higher. I had a LOT of fun with this one…the final act is BONKERS! pic.twitter.com/7sEBGMZpEY
— Josh Wilding (@Josh_Wilding) October 22, 2024
You can read some more early reactions below:
Venom The Last Dance is a whacky buddy roadtrip that stretches its PG-13 rating as far as it will possibly go. Simply put – Venom 3 is classic guilty pleasure cinema. Turn your brains off and let #Venom snack on ‘em. pic.twitter.com/7geSd29O3O
— Chris Killian (@chriskillian) October 22, 2024
#VenomTheLastDance is phenomenal, laughs, even a cry maybe Some fun surprises and confirmations! #TomHardy is Venom!
— WHOLETUSOUT (@Wholetusout) October 22, 2024
Just got out of #VenomTheLastDance!
Tom Hardy is absolutely at his best in this as Eddie Brock and Venom with a great cast of characters including Juno Temple and Chiwetel Ejiofor and tons of symbiote goodness…!
This is not one to miss.
— Bizarnage (@Bizarnage) October 22, 2024
#VenomTheLastDance might not be a great film overall but it still manages to be the best of this trilogy that wasn’t really able to accomplish a lot.
Extremely fun sequences and Eddie’s relationship with Venom still being a standout. A satisfying ending for this trilogy. pic.twitter.com/0O4Ei2dHzM
— The Hollywood Handle (@HollywoodHandle) October 22, 2024
I think #VenomTheLastDance is the best of the three, while still being incredibly bad. It’s bizarre, and watchable, because it’s willing to try anything. Symbiote fish? Sure. Mrs. Chen dance sequence? Why not. I laughed a few times, but this trilogy accomplished very little. Sigh pic.twitter.com/qxiouIVWU7
— Sean O’Connell (@Sean_OConnell) October 22, 2024
#VenomTheLastDance isn’t just fun, IT’S THE BEST VENOM MOVIE BY FAR! It’s the funniest, most emotional, best story & it takes the silliness we love & fully embraces it full force. They do A LOT of cool symbiote stuff & we couldn’t have gotten a better ending to this trilogy that… pic.twitter.com/7TPAF78My8
— Matt Ramos (@therealsupes) October 22, 2024
Kelly Marcel, who wrote and produced the first two Venom movies, has stepped in the director’s seat for The Last Dance from a screenplay she wrote.
“V3N0M 3,” Hardy wrote previously in a post about the movie. “The Last dance – thankfully we are back to shooting; and I want to take a moment just to thank all the teams thus far on the ride from V1 to here all our fantastic Cast and crew – good friends and family – we’ve come a long way.
“It’s been and continues to be a lot of fun this journey, there’s always hard turns to burn when we work but doesn’t feel as hard when you love what you do and when you know you have great material and the support at all sides of a great team.”
Hardy last played the character in a post-credits scene in Spider-Man: No Way Home, where it was suggested that Venom had returned to his original universe.
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