Upon first viewing I was left deflated. Hoping for more and getting a lot less. As with all Marvel films, it's worth rewatching to see what I maybe missed with my expectation glasses on.

Having Woody Harrelson playing a villian set my expectations mighty high. What with his unique, lovable bad guys (as in his murderous role in Natural Born Killers), and his cheeky, humorous turns in so many other films, seeing him play Cletus wasn't as awe-inspiring as I'd hoped. He actually reminded me of his Knox performance more than on one occasion. His love interest, the screecher called Shriek, played by Naomie Harris, reprising her role of Tia Dalma from Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (not really, but very similar), is poorly underused.

Luckily Let There Be Carnage has a shorter running time, as the bickering Brock and Venom can only be used so much, and the fight sequences are cut nicely short. This is no Avengers, but a good enough bad guy/good guy conundrum faced by Brock's double identity.

I love Gollum, and the amazing actor who brought him to life, but maybe directing is not for Serkis after all!