The second Venom movie has a running time of 97 min. Nearly 30 min are an introduction and just Brocks daily life with his symbiote and his emotional and professional setting.

It could have been just this - Eddie Brock and Venom, their relationship and how they come along. Would have been great.

But this has to be a spectaculous sequel and with the teaser in the end credits from the first Venom movie, we know where it's going to go: Venom vs Carnage.

Well... I'm not telling any Spoylers.

This movie wants you entertain and it does, if you're not that picky about storytelling, character development, logic and something called suspense and surprise.

The film is very straightforward in its narrative and follows its predictable plot points, resulting in a fairly short running time while trying to use the scenes as effectively as possible.

Tom Hardy is great as Eddie Brock and does a really good job. The chemistry between him and Venom is hilarious, the depiction of their relationship is well executed and the fun parts work perfectly.

The CGI is well done, too, but sometimes too fast, too chaotic.

The movie wants to entertain, not more, not less, and I think, it does.

It's not a drama, it's not about deepness in characters and it's not a character driven movie, it's a story driven movie.

Skip some inconsistencies, some dubious motivations, some one-dimensional characterizations and take it as it is: funny, frenetic, dumb entertainment.

Stay till the end credits, there comes an unmotivated teaser for the next Venom movie: Like I said, don't try to find logic in the storytelling, take it as it is and perhaps you might enjoy this second part.

5 stars because of the high quality actors, the fun parts between Brock and Venom and the set design of the movie.