Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021) is a dumb campy sequel to the 2018 surprise box-office hit and it follows the protagonist Eddie Brock and the symbiote Venom a while after the events of the first movie and they are having odd-couple issues... oh and there's Cletus Kasady/Carnage who's the bad guy.

It's a simple movie with a short runtime that flies by quickly and there is something to appreciate here for a superhero/comic-book flick in this day and age to just embrace its campiness and B-Movie feel. Doesn't make it good, though, as that can only take the enjoyment to a certain degree before one start wishing there is a bit more substance in the script since it's more dumb than fun. The same camp-style can be kept but be a bit more clever with it.

Tom Hardy was good as Eddie Brock yet again and is easily the best part of the movie, I just wish he had a better script to work with. The odd-couple schtick was fun for a while but then it went on for far too long and the overemphasis on comedy in this sequel detracts more than it adds. The lack of focus on the villain and rushing that plot point to get to the big CGI fight finale also hurts the overall experience. Woody Harrelson was hamming it up in the role with what he was given and he was fun with a layer of cringe.

There were some cool/entertaining action scenes, the finale fight was certainly better than the first one. The movie, however, once again reinforces the fact that Venom SORELY needs to be Rated-R which would have made Carnage's carnage so much better. With the first one, I get that they had to make a safe play, but with the sequel, they should have embraced the violence.

Not much else to say about this one. Kinda disappointed as I did like the first movie more which admittedly over time has fallen a bit in my eyes too. This character has a lot more potential than what we are being given and I hope whatever outing it gets next, it's done better. If you enjoyed the first one, you might like the sequel but if you didn't enjoy it, this won't change your mind. And if I were to rate it, I'd give it a 5.5/10.