Tom Hardy is one of Hollywood's more likable and great current actors, where we can watch him in something subpar and come away feeling satisfied due to his performance alone. This was somewhat the case for Venom. He did a great job as the lead role but the writing of the film felt bizarre and we are left with a film that should have been much better than what it was.

Venom made a lot of money at the box office and is getting a sequel, but this film has divided critics and causal audiences. It's current Rotten tomatoes critics score is 29%, while the audience score is 81%. So that's to say this is a film where the audience saw something completely different than the critics. And which is why many of these IMDB reviews, we see titles with "Ignore the critics" or "The critics are wrong".

Overall, Venom is decent fun but not great at all. The story line and plot is too predictable and at times unintentionally funny. The action is okay. This movie most likely would have been better with an R-rating for violence, but of course given its PG-13 rating, it was very toned down. The good thing is, a sequel is coming next year so it will give the studios a chance to get it right. It can't be as underwhelming as this.