In this age of great Marvel movies, this one could only have been made by Sony.

For fans of Venom from the Spider-Man books, one thing is missing here: Spider-Man himself. The character Eddie Brock and the Venom symbiote are bound by their mutual hatred of Spider-Man/Peter Parker. Not so in this movie. This take on Venom, without that binding motivation, is just drivel.

Non-fans will enjoy this more than Marvel fans. It's special effects are passable as interesting. I'm sure it sold a lot of popcorn, but it just wasn't very good.