I wasn't quite into the first Venom, but I still gave the sequel a go when I had some free time.

The sequel represents the definition of a CGI mess heavily undermined by the absence of blood, gore, and real destruction.

The action scenes look cool, but there isn't anything else in the film at all. I thought that after all these years people in Hollywood learned to create a pleasing visual spectacle over a story projected through the characters. Guess not.

Another problem is the cuts and time-jumps. There was probably a lot more material, but in its current state, the scenes change so quickly with such jumps in time that it's often not clear how the characters ended up in a particular situation. I'm not even talking about "why," as beyond explaining the basic rules, the characters don't express themselves in any way.

Cletus kept saying what a dangerous killer he was, but in fact, he was just a bully, since the rating of the movie didn't allow him to be a real threat. It was nice to see the actress who played Calypso, but then again, she has no time to even talk in this film. Perhaps if you are more familiar with the source material, it will be easier to understand what these characters are supposed to represent, but to someone unfamiliar, it will be barely comprehensible in this CGI madness of a picture.

At the same time, some scenes repeat things already said and understood by the viewer, just wasting time. Something clearly did not go according to plan during the preparation of the script, as the film keeps tearing up in different directions.

I ended up not experiencing any emotion at all and will likely forget that I watched this movie quite quickly.

Aside from a couple of good scenes, some nice visuals, and some good music (and a couple of action scenes), there was literally nothing in the film.

The film could've been easily improved by adding more real destruction and violent scenes (reducing the amount of CGI madness), while still giving the characters a chance to be discovered through their actions.