Venom is set to be the first movie in the Sony's Universe of Marvel Characters and a first standalone Spider-Man villain movie. The story of the film is based on the Venom: Lethal Protector(1993) comic book, but many things from it was cut out to make a much more realistic story introducing the character. Journalist Eddie Brock is trying to take down Carlton Drake, the notorious and brilliant founder of the Life Foundation, who won't stop at anything to achieve his goal, even if it means to sacrifice people. While investigating one of Drake's experiments, Eddie's body merges with the alien symbiote Venom - leaving him with superhuman strength and power.

Even though the film has a PG-13 rating, watching it makes you wonder whether the adult rating was intended in the first place, because some scenes draw a really thin line between the two ratings. Comic book lovers won't be disappointed with the look of symbiotes and some action scenes are impressive and interesting to follow. Also, the dark humor and Eddies interaction with Venom must be pointed out. Venom is not just a black costume with powers, it's a different personality living in the head and taking care of the host. What makes it special is that Tom Hardy made the voice of Venom and their conversation feels real due to pre-recorded voice over which was used on set.

Unfortunately, nothing much can be added to the advantages of the film above. The film has many problems starting with a poor script and ending with a temp of storytelling. Characters are written to be plain, without any depth and development. Even understanding the writers idea to prepare the viewer for symbiote appear, first act of the film some may find boring and excessive.