First, I'm not a big bad guy fan and Venom has always been mostly bad. Now Hollywood bombed 1st time bringing Venom to big screen in the Spider-Man movie. Now bringing him back with his initial introduction minus Spider-Man is difficult to accept unless you don't have a clue about the Marvel history. Apparently, many viewers will enjoy it under this belief and some (like my wife) forgot how it was even introduced in the Spider-Man movie. I saw it at a matinee and the wife liked it so it gets a passing grade from me, sigh....