A tad bit better than the first, but that's not saying much.

I enjoyed the first 30 minutes, but the rest was sub-par. The story telling was unoriginal & very juvenile. Boring & very predictable. It felt too safe with no risks, especially towards the end. I was barely motivated enough to finish out the last 20 minutes of the film. We all knew what was going to happen to the characters at the end.

Some positives.. The acting was great. The characters were (are) great. I enjoyed the movie's fast-pace flow, to a fault. I'm also glad they embraced the silly side of the Venom-Eddie Brock duo. Tom Hardy as Venom/Eddie Brock is entertaining stuff.

Venom has always been one of my favorite characters in the Marvel Universe, so it's a little disappointing for the first 2 movies to turn out the way they did. This franchise (still) has a lot of potential to do something great, and not just above average at best. I'm hoping Sony turns the keys over to Marvel like they did with Spider-Man. The Marvel universe could use an anti-hero, like Venom.

I am glad to see the movie did VERY well at the box office. Last time I checked it was 3rd on the highest (domestic) box office list, behind Shang-Chi & Spider-Man. I'm looking forward to see how the 3rd Venom movie or appearance turns out. I'm hoping for a Spider-Man/Venom crossover.

My rating on Venom: Let there be Carnage is a 6 out of 10. Or 61 out of 100.

If you lower your expectations enough, you just might like it.