Better than the first one, IMHO.

This one is much more light-hearted, and plays as more of a action-comedy. Woody Harrelson makes a great villain.

There is no forced love interest for Eddie this time around, which leaves more time to flesh out Cletus (Harrelson) and his motivations.

As others have indicated, there is some repetition. The conflict in both movies is symbiote vs. Symbiote and the cast is nearly identical to the first movie. However, this movie has a more entertaining story and Harrelson makes a much better villain than Riz Ahmed.

Be sure to stick around for all the post-credits scenes - if you aren't excited about the MCU after watching this movie, then you don't have a pulse!