I thought the first movie was awful, this movie did almost a 180. Cletus was a way better villain than Drake in the first movie, Carnage WAY better overall. The tone is definitely more balanced. It's got plenty of goofy in it, but it does just enough and does it right

The violence/action is totally well done and you can actually see what is going on. Venom thankfully has a lot more screen time and Carnage has plenty! Eddie and Venom trading banter is also awesome.

As I said, this movie greatly improves on everything the first movie did.

One mixed aspect, Woody Harrelson as Cletus was not ideally cast but he wasn't BAD

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