I really enjoyed the first Venom, it had a good balance of action, comedy and suspense. So I was really looking forward to the sequel. Now, I know sequels are notoriously difficult, they usually need to surpass the first to be really noteworthy, and this one objectively almost had it, but kinda missed the mark.

I think the problem was it was trying to concentrate on too many plots at the same time. His relationship with Venom, his relationship with Michelle Williams' character, then her relationship with her fiance, the back story of the antagonist, the antagonists girlfriend, the present danger. It just felt kinda diluted because it didn't have the time to develop any of these enough to get you properly invested. So I watched the movie sort of wondering which was the part that was important? And it did become confusing. It sort of felt like the writers knew the whole story, then wrote the screenplay assuming the audience knew what they did.

Don't get me wrong, it was still enjoyable, just a little disappointing.